Accounting Perspective

Question 1

This Assignment is accessed by the following Course Outcome:

Communicate professionally through writing and presentations with stakeholders.

For Assignment 2 you will be required to complete a written assignment based on the topic you chose during Unit 3

Write a 1,000–1,350 word essay based on the topic you chose in Unit 3.

Include the following in your essay:

• Identify an underlying ethical issue (like the ethics associated with earnings management decisions).
• Critique of ethical situation
• Determine who could be harmed by the ethical situation
• Assess the potential outcomes of the ethical situation from an accounting perspective
• Evaluate how these decisions could be avoided or prevented.

Include a reference list incorporating a minimum of three credible sources and a title page.

Use Times New Roman 12 point font, with one-inch margins on all sides and one-and-half inch line spacing.

Format your work consistent with APA guidelines.

Visit the library as it houses many sources you can use, including information regarding APA formatting and ABI-inform. Additional information regarding ABI-inform can be found in Course Documents. You are not limited to the university’s library and may use other databases for sources

Question 2

Write a 600- to 800-word paper.

Include the following in your paper:

• Discuss an event in which you had to make an ethical decision.
• Identify at least two ethical theories that support your decision.
• Discuss the problem-solving methodologies you could have used to resolve the issue (based on our readings).
• Identify how ethical theories impact professional or personal decision making.

Include at least two sources in your paper. One source must be scholarly.