Questions from General Accounting


Q: The facts of this case are from the Walmart shrinkage fraud discussed

The facts of this case are from the Walmart shrinkage fraud discussed in an article in Nation on June 11, 2014. “Literary license” has been exercised for the purpose of emphasizing important issues re...

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Q: Bennie Gordon graduated with a Masters in Accounting two years ago and

Bennie Gordon graduated with a Masters in Accounting two years ago and now works as an accounting manager at the division level at Jet Energy Company, a company headquartered in Winston-Salem, North C...

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Q: On September 25, 2012, Japanese camera and medical equipment maker

On September 25, 2012, Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus Corporation and three of its former executives pleaded guilty to charges related to an accounting scheme and cover-up in one...

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Q: In 2005, Tony Menendez, a former Ernst & Young LLP

In 2005, Tony Menendez, a former Ernst & Young LLP auditor and Director of Technical Accounting and Research Training for Halliburton, blew the whistle on Halliburton’s accounting practices. The fight...

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Q: We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this. Woodrow T. Wilson (1856–1924), 28th president of the United States At five past midnight on December 3, 1984, 40 ton...

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Q: Do you believe that our beliefs trigger our actions, or do

Do you believe that our beliefs trigger our actions, or do we act and then justify our actions by changing our beliefs? Explain.

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Q: Do you believe that a person’s stage of moral development and personal

Do you believe that a person’s stage of moral development and personal moral philosophy play a role in how values and actions are shaped in the workplace? Explain.

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Q: The following two statements about virtue were made by noted philosophers/

The following two statements about virtue were made by noted philosophers/writers: 1. MacIntyre, in his account of Aristotelian virtue, states that integrity is the one trait of character that encompa...

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Q: Explain why moral problems may be of greater intensity than nonmoral problems

Explain why moral problems may be of greater intensity than nonmoral problems.

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Q: Michael just graduated with a degree in Accounting from State University.

Michael just graduated with a degree in Accounting from State University. He worked hard in school but could only achieve a 2.95 GPA because he worked 40 hours a week to pay his own way through colleg...

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