Accounting Assignment

You are studying to enter professions that require high moral and ethical behavior. Your commitment to such standards should begin in this class and continue through every class in your graduate degree program. This week's discussion questions:

1) Why ethics and professional conduct are so important in the accounting professions, and

2) Why behaving ethically in your graduate studies is critical to your goal to graduate and work in the accounting industry.

Some major professional accounting associations/organizations include:

• American Accounting Association
• American Institute of CPA's
• American Society of Women Accountants
• American Taxation Association
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Association of Government Accountants
• Chartered Global Management Accountants
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• Institute of Management Accountants
• Institute of Industrial Accountants
• Insurance Accounting and Systems Association
• International Association of Accounting Education
• National Association of Black Accountants
• National Society of Accountants
• Professional Association of Small Business Accountants
• Professional Accounting Society of America
• Your state" Society of CPA's

Questions to spark class discussion:

Randomly select one of the professional accounting organizations from the list below.

• Summarize and discuss the professional code of ethics of the organization you selected.
• Identify a few of the key codes and or responsibilities of ethical and professional conduct in this organization.
• Discuss their importance and how you, as students can model these behaviors.

Reminder: the goal is to engage with your classmates; simply posting your answer is insufficient to earn credit for discussions

• American Institution of Certified Public Accountants
• Chartered Global Management Accountants
• Association of Government Accountants
• Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants
• Association of Certified Fraud Accountants
• Or choose one of the accounting professional organizations listed in the Webliography, which can be found under Content, Course Resources.