they be overcome? You may want to focus on one industry such as an accounting
firm.
2) What would you identify as the most common, or most
egregious forms of unethical behavior relative to business use of IT? What
should be appropriate terms of redress?
3) Do you feel the “Black Friday” sales pushes,
particularly the new trend to open on Thanksgiving day itself, is unethical?
Does this increase the already rampant consumerism and further detract from the
family? Or, is this simply good marketing, part of free enterprise, and up to
the customer to accept or to ignore?
4) How can we as accountants avoid this issue and stick to
our professional ethics?
5) How can an accountant maintain objectivity or
independence when the company is quite small? In fact, the vast majority of
accountants work for small companies, family firms, or their own small
business. In light of this DQ topic, how might the accountant for a closely
held company maintain objectivity particularly in regard to the clear
disclosure of debt?
6) How can we as accountants or business owners keep
emotions in check regarding the decision to file bankruptcy or in the process
of preparing BK data?
