Ethical Issues
Ethical Issue 1
1. The journal entry to record the revenue is:
The debit to Accounts Receivable will increase total current assets
and, as a result, increase (improve) the current ratio. The debit to
2. a. – c. The issue is whether it is ethical to record the revenue in the
current year. The contract has been signed, but the implication is that
the company will not have done everything it needs to do in order to
earn the revenue in the current year. The stakeholders are the
company, the bank, the stockholders, and the company’s other
creditors. From an economic standpoint, the entry would obviously
improve the company’s short term financial position. However, the