Suzette Washington Accounting Major Case 4.3

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Case 4.3 Suzette Washington, Accounting Major 1. What would you do if you found yourself in a situation similar to that faced by Suzette in this case? I will tell a supervisor about the rumor that I have heard whether it will be true or not. I think being integrity to individual’s duty is the best thing to do. The company will achieve its goals in according to comply with policy and regulation. Moreover, to comply with the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants is the principle that all accountants should comply with. In this situation, if I tell the supervisor, he will monitor those people who are suspected to be thieves first. If they are not, they will not be sued. 2. Do you believe that it was appropriate for…show more content…
According to the international ethics standards board for accountants, it requires accountants to adhere the five fundamental principles of the Code of Ethics; the “integrity” is one of them. A professional accountant should be straightforward and honest in performing professional services. Additionally, the accounting department involves most of other business departments such as the payroll and human resource management, production and sales so accountants need to record any transactions occurred in each department into the financial reporting and auditors recheck all appropriate sufficient documents relating with transactions to issue the audit opinion on the audit report. If accountants record unethically, the financial results are incorrect and this brings to the qualified or adverse report. In passage, for example, if Suzettle knows the Alex and Matt are stealing merchandise which causes high inventory shrinkage, he who was an inventory clerk in accounting major has to tell the management as fast as possible. Otherwise, he wrongly records inventories which affects on statement of financial

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