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• ETH 557 Entire Course

• ETH 557 Week 1 DQ 1

• ETH 557 Week 1 Individual Ethics Case Study
• ETH 557 Week 1 DQ 1
• ETH 557 Week 1 DQ 2
• ETH 557 Week 1 DQ 3
• ETH 557 Week 2 DQ 2
• ETH 557 Week 2 DQ 2
• ETH 557 Week 2 DQ 3

• What is the difference between positive and
  normative economics? Which is more prevalent in
  todays economies? Why? What role, if any, do
  ethics play in positive economics? What role do
  ethics play in normative economics?

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• ETH 557 Week 1 DQ 2

• ETH 557 Week 1 DQ 3

• Can market efficiency evolve on its own without
  government intervention? Why or why not? What
  role do ethics play in market efficiency?

• If resources became freely available in unlimited
  quantities, would there still be a need for
  economics?

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• ETH 557 Week 1 Individual Ethics Case Study

• ETH 557 Week 2 DQ 1

• Given the current pressures on China, Jamaica,
  and America expressed in the article, how would
  ethics play a role in decision making for
  financial, environmental, and cultural issues?

• Research the elasticity of beef and eggs in
  regard to price changes. How do supply, demand,
  and price controls interact to affect equilibrium
  price of eggs? Why do customers have a more
  elastic buying response to beef than to eggs?

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• ETH 557 Week 2 DQ 2

• ETH 557 Week 2 DQ 3

• What would be the consumer buying response to
  Coca-Cola if the price of Pepsi doubled? If the
  prices of Coca-Cola and Pepsi remained constant,
  what would be the consumers typical buying
  response to these products if their income was
  reduced by 30? Suppose all carbonated beverages
  tripled in price.

• What are the determinants of demand and what
  happens to the demand curve when each of these
  determinants change? What is the difference
  between a change in demand and a change in the
  quantity demanded?

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• ETH 557 Week 3 DQ 2

• ETH 557 Week 3 Learning Team Ethical Challenges
  and Agency Issues

• Explain what ethical issues SOX has helped with
  and where improvement is still necessary?

• Adverse financial situations occurring throughout
  the 20th century led to government legislative
  interventions regarding corporate financial
  accounting on several occasions.

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• ETH 557 Week 4 DQ 1

• ETH 557 Week 4 DQ 2

• Explain ethical challenges an accountant could
  face in recognizing revenue for a firm. How could
  these challenges be addressed?

• What are some ethical challenges the financial
  services industry faces? What can be done to
  mitigate the potential for unethical behavior in
  the financial services industry?

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• ETH 557 Week 4 DQ 3

• ETH 557 Week 4 Individual Ethics of Penn Square
  Bank and the Dow Corning Bankruptcy

• Distinguish between ethical and unethical
  behavior in a bankruptcy setting.

• Resources This weeks Electronic Reserve
  Readings Conduct additional research, and then
  answer each question in two 350- to 700-word
  responses Penn Square Bank What were the
  ethical pressures on the firm concerning
  documentation, credit extension, and revenue
  recognition that lead to the final collapse?

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• ETH 557 Week 5 DQ 1

• ETH 557 Week 5 DQ 2

• Does today's information technology environment
  help or hinder ethical actions within an
  organization? Explain.

• Would it ever be beneficial for an accountant to
  include ethical standards in a contract? Explain.
  How about in an information technology system?
  Explain.

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• ETH 557 Week 5 Learning Team Internal Policies

• ETH 557 Week 6 DQ 1

• Your firm must establish internal policies
  regarding the creation of business contracts as
  well as electronic communications (e-mail)
  including document retention. Draft the internal
  policies as a team. The policies should be clear
  and include a set of procedures

• If, as an accountant, you had the option of
  working with only one of the boards, FASB, GASB,
  or IASB, which one would you choose? Explain your
  reasons.

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• ETH 557 Week 6 DQ 2

• ETH 557 Week 6 DQ 3

• Are the current accounting standards ethically
  based? Explain.

• Are ethics important to the accounting
  profession? Explain your answer.

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• ETH 557 Week 6 Individual Economic and Ethical
  Issues of Pricing

• As a CPA you are in charge of a small tax
  advisory firm providing services to individual
  taxpayers, a substantial group of whom is
  high-wealth. Your firm is experiencing new
  pressures from the changing marketplace. Because
  of these pressures, you are looking at ways to
  reduce costs.

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