Questions from General Accounting

Q: In 2010 LinkedIn reported trade payable obligations totaling $10.8

In 2010 LinkedIn reported trade payable obligations totaling $10.8 million in other accrued expenses within accrued liabilities instead of accounts payable. In 2011, note 2 in the 10-K financial state...

Q: Comment on the statement that what a company’s income statement reveals is

Comment on the statement that what a company’s income statement reveals is interesting but what it conceals is vital.

Q: Choose someone from the business or accounting world who you think is

Choose someone from the business or accounting world who you think is an authentic leader and explain why you believe that to be true.

Q: How might an accounting firm influence whether non–tax practitioners view

How might an accounting firm influence whether non–tax practitioners view a contentious issue with a client as having been handled ethically?

Q: How does an auditor’s commitment to the firm, the profession,

How does an auditor’s commitment to the firm, the profession, and to colleagues influence whether she will blow the whistle on financial wrongdoing?

Q: Evaluate the moral intensity of the issues faced by Diem-Thi

Evaluate the moral intensity of the issues faced by Diem-Thi Le in her whistleblowing experience at DCAA.

Q: How does organizational dissonance influence ethical leadership and decision making?

How does organizational dissonance influence ethical leadership and decision making?

Q: Why do you think studies show that no single factor has a

Why do you think studies show that no single factor has a bigger impact on the ethicality of a firm’s culture than the personal examples set by firm leaders?

Q: Audit firms are expected to establish and maintain a system of quality

Audit firms are expected to establish and maintain a system of quality control. PCAOB inspections often cite the lack of quality controls as a deficiency of audit firms. What role does leadership play...

Q: Using the concept of justice, evaluate how an auditor would assess

Using the concept of justice, evaluate how an auditor would assess the equality of interests in the financial reporting process.