ACC 260 – All DQ’s
WEEK 1
DQ 1: Post your response to the following: Read the Where Were the Accountants? Ethics Case on pp. 36-37 (Ch. 1) of the text. Answer the question as if you were Sam.
? Respond to your classmates as if you were Norm. How helpful are their responses?
DQ 2:Post your response to the following: Many methods are used to maintain high ethical standards in the accounting profession, including government regulations, ethics course requirements in schools, and professional societies or associations that maintain codes of ethics. What method do you think accounting professionals find most effective or beneficial? What method do you think would be most effective for ensuring high ethical standards in the accounting profession? Explain your answers
WEEK 23
DQ 1:Post your response to the following: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is a major piece of legislation that affects a tremendous number of corporations. Do you think SOX is really necessary? Explain your answer.
DQ 2: Post your response to the following: Answer question 4 on p. 95 (Ch. 2) of the text. Explain your choices.
WEEK 5
DQ 1:Post your response to the following: Answer question 5 on p. 354 (Ch. 5) of the text. Explain your answer.
DQ 2:Post your response to the following: In what circumstances would each approach to stakeholder impact analysis (moral standards, 5-question, and Pastins approach) be most useful? Generalize about the approaches and describe when each would be most or least useful.
WEEK 7
DQ 1: Post your response to the following: Answer questions 4 and 5 on p. 264 (Ch. 4) of the text. Provide a hypothetical example to illustrate your answer to question 4. Explain your answers thoroughly.
DQ 2: Post your response to the following: What role can an accounting professional play in ethical corporate decision making? Should an accounting professional play a role even when if he or she is not the final decision maker? Explain your answer.
WEEK 9
Capstone DQ:Post your response to the following: Is an accounting professional guaranteed to act ethically just because he or she has completed a course in ethics? Explain your answer. Having nearly reached the end of this course, what do you think you have learned that will help you to act ethically in your future profession?
