Ethics

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This paper answers ten questions on ethics in accounting and business It considers some of the duties owed to clients, some of the ways ethics can be breached, some of the rules that pertain, and many of the company policies governing behavior, such as policies on fraternization or on the monitoring of employees, as well as ethical issues raised by these policies.

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"Accountants face a number of ethical issues in the course of their work. The basics of accounting ethics are governed by the Certified Public Accountants are governed by the AICPA code of professional conduct and then by requirements imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and State Boards of Accountancy. Independence is necessary, meaning that the accountant must be separate from the companies he or she does the books for so that he or she has no financial involvement with these companies and will not be influenced as to how to report based on possible financial benefits."

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