Ethics
The following Course Outcomes are assessed in this assignment:
GEL-1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
PC-2.3: Demonstrate integrity through the application of relevant codes of conduct and social responsibility within one’s profession.
Write a reflective essay with additional title and references pages) in which you discuss your response to the following ethics case. The essay should address the questions listed below, utilize appropriate ethics resources, and follow current APA format and citation style.
Title your paper Section #_Unit 6 Assignment_2. Then submit it to the Unit 6 Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Ethics Case:
You are an accountant in the budgetary, projections, and special projects department of Fentick Conductor, Inc., a large manufacturing company. The president, Carlos Jones, asks you on very short notice to prepare some sales and income projections covering the next 2 years of the company’s much heralded new product lines. He wants these projections for a series of speeches he is making while on a 2-week trip to eight West Coast brokerage firms. The president hopes to bolster Fentick’s stock sales and price.
You work 23 hours in 2 days to compile the projections, hand-deliver them to the president, and are swiftly but graciously thanked as he departs. A week later, you find time to go over some of your computations and discover a miscalculation that makes projections grossly overstated. You quickly inquire about the president’s itinerary and learn that he has made half of his speeches and has half yet to make. You are in a quandary about what to do (Weygandt et al., 2021, p. 24–50).
Reference
Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Mitchell, J. E. (2021). Accounting principles (14th ed.). Wiley.
Use the ethics resources for accounting. Make sure to cite at least one source from those provided and reference them (in your separate reference page) following current APA guidelines.
Respond thoroughly to address the following questions in your reflective essay:
What are the consequences of telling the president of your gross miscalculations?
What are the consequences of not telling the president of your gross miscalculations?
What are the ethical considerations for you and the president in this situation?
Which code of conduct principle would you act on from the professional codes of conduct guiding ethical behavior in this field? Provide the organization’s name, and the code of conduct which pertains to why you act, and then provide the url for your source.
Based on your chosen code of conduct principle(s), what would you do (step-by-step) to act in accordance with your chosen principle to address this situation?
Critical Elements:
Write your original response in a 2-page paper using Standard English, paying special attention to grammar, style, and mechanics.
Format your paper to be double-spaced, have 1-inch margins, and use Times New Roman 12-point font.
Respond to the questions in a thorough manner in your essay.
Ensure that your viewpoint and purpose are clearly stated.
Demonstrate logical and appropriate transitions from one idea to another.
Your paper should be highly organized, logical, focused, following citation APA format and citation style (see Unit 1 Reading area for assistance with APA).
Your 2-page essay should include an additional title page and a reference page.
