D3. Ethics in Accounting

With the high-profile accounting scandals at the start of this century such as Health South, Enron, WorldCom, AIG, Lehman Brothers, and Arthur Andersen, the public's relative flattering opinion of the accounting profession faltered. Some business people even suggest that "accounting ethics" is an oxymoron. As an accountant at the start of your career, can you do anything to reverse this perception?