Ethics Challenge — BTN 1-3
1. There are several parties affected. They include the users of financial
2. A major factor in the value of an auditor’s report is the auditor’s
independence. If an auditor accepted a fee that increases when the client’s
3. Thorne should not accept this fee arrangement. To avoid compromising
the auditor’s independence, Thorne should reject it. (Further, the AICPA
4. Ethical considerations guiding this decision include the potential harm to
Communicating in Practice — BTN 1-4
1. Deciding whether Apple is a good loan risk can be difficult because the
planned expansion is risky if customer demand does not meet
expectations. As a loan officer in this situation you would want information
2. How the company is organized is important to a loan officer. If it is a
standard partnership (which it was, and not a LLC), the personal assets of
the owners are available to repay the loan. In this case, a loan officer will
want information about the owners’ financial condition. If it is a