41.
Jason is the fastest worker on the audit of a company for the firm Zits LLP. Other Zits
workers take twice as long to complete the equivalent amount of work as Jason. One day
Jason is approached by the other workers and is asked to slow down “You are exceeding
the time budget for the audit and making the rest of us look bad,” said one staff member.
From an organizational, ethical point of view, the best thing for Jason to do is:
42.
Steve is deep in debt due to a gambling problem. He is the bookkeeper for a family-owned
business, Cal Poly Greenery. The company has only three employees – Steve, the husband,
and the wife. All three have been friends for many years. One day the loan shark who lent
Steve $20,000 comes knocking at his door asking for repayment of the loan. Steve
convinces the loan shark to give him another day. The following day Steve writes a check
on the company’s books to himself for $20,000. Since he reconciles the bank accounts and
prepares the financial statements, Steve knows it’s unlikely the owners will ever know
about what he has done. From an ethical perspective, Steve has:
43.
Ty is a rising star at Texas State Country & Western Stores. He is the controller of the
company. His wife, Rosie, is the lead auditor of the CPA firm that examines Country &
Western’s financial statements and issues an audit opinion. Given the nature of the
relationships, Rosie would violate what ethical standard if she is allowed to conduct the
audit:
44.
The most important duty of public accounting is to the:
45.
The best restatement of Kant’s categorical imperative is:
46.
What is the one virtue that people should want in a boss, to trust a boss?
47.
Virtue ethics emphasizes development of good habits of character. What should be the
greatest reward of practicing good habits of character, according to MacIntyre?
48.
Michael Josephson, founder of the Josephson Institute of Ethics, is credited for
developing:
49.
Internal rewards of accounting practice include:
50.
Utilitarian philosophers are divided into two types: act utilitarian and
51.
Greatest good for the greatest number of people is the theory of _________.
52.
The motive of “duty” is most associated with _________.
53.
Virtue ethics is:
54.
Bob is being pressured by his superior to go along with improper accounting and told he is
expected to be a team player. Which of the following statements best characterizes those
expectations?
55.
When making a donation at the local Goodwill, Martha tells the clerk that her old computer
is in perfect working order when she knows it is not, just so she can deduct more on her
taxes. Which theory best describes Martha’s behavior?
56.
Decisions that are made based on the underlying circumstances of a particular matter can
be best characterized by:
57.
Decisions that are made based on the underlying cultural factors can be best
characterized by:
58.
When applying Utilitarianism to judge actions, what is the only thing that matters?
59.
Assume you are taking an exam and you clearly see that your friend is cheating. Your
professor does not notice it. What is the most appropriate action for you to take if you are
an ethical person?
60.
Your manager asks you to “cook the books” to support a loan application at the local bank.
61.
A difficult choice between two moral principles that are in conflict with one another is
known as a/an:
62.
The relationship between legal and ethical can best be expressed as:
63.
When an employee is given a job evaluation, he has a right to expect:
64.
A danger of situational ethics is that it can be used to rationalize a wrong-doing. Such
rationalizations may be seen in all of the following examples except:
65.
Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions helps explain how workers from different cultures might
react in the workplace. The Long-Term Orientation dimension could help explain the
different approaches toward:
66.
Civility requires all but the following:
67.
Which of the following is true of the relationship between civility and ethics?
68.
Which of the following is NOT a likely rationalization a student might use to justify
cheating on an exam?
69.
The cultural value of Individualism reflects:
70.
The country with the highest Power Distance score is:
71.
In the Harvard Cheating scandal case, using ethical reasoning who is at fault for the
situation?
72.
In the Giles and Regas case, the primary ethical issue can be stated as:
73.
In the NYC Subway Death case, the reason that no bystanders helped Ki-Suck Han was
probably due to:
74.
In the Lone Star School District case, the auditors were mostly concerned about:
75.
The main issue in the Reneging on a Promise case is:
76.
In the Capitalization versus Expensing case the main ethical issue is whether Gloria
Hernandez should:
77.
Kevin Lowe’s ethical dilemma in the Eating Time case can best be described as whether
to: