1. Susan is an accountant at a small CPA firm who has to meet with clients on a daily basis. She has one client meeting immediately after lunch at 1:00 pm. Because her clients usually arrive around 1:15 pm, she usually does not bother to be on time either.

a. What ethical issue needs to be addressed in this scenario? 

b. How should it best be addressed? (2 points)

2. David is an accountant in his late fifties, who has been working as an accountant for over 30 years. His last employer went out of business, so David is now seeking a new job. When filing out an application online, David notices that one company asks applicants not only for the names of the high schools and colleges they attended, but also the years which they attended them. David, who attended a Hebrew high school on a kibbutz in Israel, thinks about how he has never been asked these questions on a job application.

a. What ethical issue needs to be addressed in this scenario? 

b. How should it best be addressed? 

3. Gina and Samuel worked together to make a set of financial statements for one customer. They both reviewed the statements carefully before signing off on them. The next day, Samuel is fired from work for noncompliance and leaves the company immediately. The following day, Gina learns that there are major errors in the reports and that the client is very upset. She explains that Samuel was the one who did most of the work on those statements and that she did not have the chance to look at them before they were submitted.

a. What ethical issue needs to be addressed in this scenario? (1 point)

b. How should it best be addressed? (2 points)

 

4. One afternoon, Devon is checking his work email and finds an email that was obviously sent to him in error. The email, from his co-worker Ryan to another co-worker, discusses a very personal issue that is not work-related in any way. Ryan also makes several disparaging comments about other employees of the company in the email.

a. What ethical issue needs to be addressed in this scenario? (1 point)

b. Compose an email response to best address this issue. 

5. Connie and Marianne are both accountants at the same firm, but they know each other outside of the context of work. They are also both actresses, and on the weekends, they perform in the same theater company together. One morning, Connie is in the breakroom fixing a cup of coffee when she sees Marianne, who asks her if she is planning to audition for an upcoming play. They begin talking about the play, and before they know it, their co-workers are shuffling into the breakroom for lunch.

a. What ethical issue needs to be addressed in this scenario? (1 point)

b. How should it best be addressed? (2 points)