ACC 260 – Accounting Ethics: Keeping it Clean
Week 1: Ethics in the Accounting Profession
Discussion Questions
CheckPoint: Ethics in the Accounting Profession
Week 2: The Enron and WorldCom Scandals
CheckPoint: Unethical Practices of Arthur Andersen
Assignment: The Enron and WorldCom Scandals
Week 3: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Discussion Questions
Week 4: Approaches to Ethical Decision Making
CheckPoint: Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making
Assignment: Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making
Week 5: Stakeholder Impact Analysis, Part 1
Discussion Questions
CheckPoint: Approaches to Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Week 6: Stakeholder Impact Analysis, Part 2
CheckPoint: Presentation of the Stakeholders Positions
Assignment: Presentation of the CEOs Position
Week 7: Making Ethical Decisions, Part 1
Discussion Questions
Week 8: Making Ethical Decisions, Part 2
CheckPoint: Briefly Applying a Decision-Making Framework
Assignment: Fully Applying a Decision-Making Framework
Week 9: The Ethical Accounting Professional
Capstone Discussion Question
Final Project: Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession
