Examples of Ethical Dilemmas Accounting

Examples of Ethical Dilemmas Accounting Your supervisor enters your office and asks you for a check for $150. 00 for expenses he tells you he incurred entertaining a client last night. He submits advantage from a restaurant and lounge. At lunch your supervisors girlfriend stops by to pick him up for lunch and you overhear her telling the receptionist what a great time she had at dinner and dancing with your supervisor the night in the beginning. What do you do?Bank Teller You book worked as a verify teller for several months when one of the other tellers who has become a good friend tells you that her daughter is extremely ill and that se must have an performance to survive. She also tells you that she has no insurance and the operation will cost $10,000. Sometime later you ask her about her daughter and she tells you she is just fine now. She then confides in you that she took $10,000. 00 from a dormant account at the bank to pay for the operation. She assures you that she has a lready started paying it back and will continue to do so until it is all returned.What do you do? Computers In your spare time at work, you have developed a new spreadsheet program on the personal computer in your office. It is even out more powerful, yet easier to sue than anything on the market. You share your new program with a friend who encourages you to market it on your own because you could probably make an fabulous profit in a very short time. This is a very attractive option, yet you developed it using company equipment and during time that you were at work. What do you do?Journalism/Advertising Your newspaper has published a report on a national study, which concluded that bottled water has virtually no health advantages over the tap water in more cities, including yours. The study included comments from local health storeowners and water distributors challenging the study. The AquaPure Bottled Water Company, advertising account charge over $75,000. a year, has threat ened to pull its account with your newspaper unless you run another story of equal prominence, focusing on the benefits of bottled water. What do you do? aver also Ethical Dilemma Glengarry Glen Ross by David MametLaw Enforcement You are a rookie officer assigned to a breeding officer for the first six months of your employment. The training officer is a 20-year veteran and is a close friend pf thee Assistant Chief of Police and the brother-in-law of the Watch Commander. The third day that you are working with him you reply to a burglary call at a local convenience store. It is 230 am and the manager has been notified. You are directed to wait 30-35 minutes for his arrival. A short time later you observe your partner take a soda, candy and a bag of chips. He consumes the soda and chips.When the manager arrives, the two of you depart. What, if anything, should you do? Personnel Your company has a firm policy regarding cases of theft of company property. Used company equipment is on a table to be sold by bid each month. You see a valued employee who is 2 months from retirement slip an electric drill from the table and put it in his car before the day of the sale. What so you do? Real Estate A lady from out of town calls you to list her deceased parents home in Liberty. She is not sure what it is worth, but says she will be happy to get $50,000. 0 for the home. You look at the home and feel it is worth at least(prenominal) $75,000, and re4laise it would be perfect for your brother. What do you do? Retailing You are the buyer for a retail-clothing store. Your store has a policy of not accepting gifts. However, over the years, salesmen have offered, and other employees have accepted lunch, theater and baseball tickets. You arrive home from the office and find a new TV and DVD player on you doorstep with a note that says A personal gift for out long standing friendship.Enjoy it with you family in good health. The Jones Clothing Company What do you do? Teacher You have a student who is from a single parent family. The student must work to attend college. However, the job is interfering with the students performance and several assignments have not been turned in. You have determined that a D is all the student can make when a proponent informs you that the student need a C to qualify for an academic scholarship. What do you do?