The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Tax Inversion Practices
Are Tax Inversions an Ethical Practice? Apple, the world’s biggest company by market capitalization, captured attention last month with...
Is Whistleblowing an Ethical Practice?
What Motivates a Person to Blow the Whistle on Financial Wrongdoing? Whistleblowing has become a more accepted practice in our society in...
Are Corporate Inversions a Violation of Ethics?
What is the "Fair Share" concept and "Social Responsibility" of Corporate Income Tax Payments to the U.S. Government? I recently blogged...
Scott London Rationalizes Insider Trading prior to going to Prison
Ethical Blindness Motivates Egregious Behavior Scott London, a former partner of KPMG, was convicted of insider training last month and...
Insider Trading in Accounting Violates Basic Ethical Standards
Independence and Integrity Compromised by Insider Trading I am re-posting this blog because my website has been down the past few days so...
Steve Mintz Accounting Ethics Textbook Reviewed
Steven M. Mintz and Roselyn E. Morris, Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting: Text and Cases McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 3rd...
Companies Guilty of Economic Malpractice: Worker Wages Fail to Keep up with Executive Compensation
Should the Federal Minimum Wage be Increased? As you have probably heard, President Obama wants to increase the federal minimum wage to...
Should the Government Further Restrict Non-audit Services Provided to Audit Clients?
Audit Independence: A Myth or Reality? The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) that oversees public company audits in the...
JPMorgan Settlement Misses the Ethics Lesson in the Madoff Fraud
Lack of Individual Accountability Sends the Wrong Message to Wall Street The announcement that JP Morgan will pay about $2.6 billion for...