eBooks on business ethics

An in-depth practical work covering all the main areas of accountants' legal liabilities in negligence claims, including audit liabilities to clients and others, tax and insolvency work and conflicts of interest. It covers accountants' negligence in relation to claims against accountants acting for corporations as well as accountants acting for individuals.This edition focuses on the difficult legal issues surrounding the liability of accountants in negligence claims. It covers statutory and non-statutory audits, tax advice, specified procedures reporting, due diligence reports and corporate f...

This book is a thorough and engaging exploration of the ethical issues that accountants encounter in their professional lives. To achieve the best results, individual accountants and accounting firms need a clear understanding of the ethical duties and decision-making involved in the four major functions of modern accounting--auditing, management accounting, tax accounting, and consulting--as well as a strong sense of ethical conduct to guide the certification and validation of reliable financial records.

Introduces students to the complexities and principles of ethical issues by focusing on developing ethical awareness and the ability to argue business ethics matters. It blends business issues and academic theory, and is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students with or without practical experience of the world of business.

Explores issues relating to ethics and ethical behavior in organisations using insightful case studies that look at every angle of ethical lapses.

Book based on qualitative and inductive research which looks at why and how companies do not act ethically towards their minority shareholders. The cases presented are based on current events and try to find the common aspects and basic rules that govern wrongdoing to minority shareholders.

When creating and implementing a corporate ethics policy, it is important to spend quality time thinking about ethics and considering the issues from a number of different perspectives. This eBook provides a framework and guides readers through the process of formulating, writing and implementing the optimal ethics policy for their organisation.

The book takes an in-depth look at the issues of corporate governance, law and ethics involved in the Enron case, and of the policy responses to the recent corporate scandals in the USA and internationally. It contains chapters on international norms in business ethics, corporate governance failure, audit and assurance ethics, and corporate culture.

The book contains chapters on the background of corporate ethics, hiring ethical people, codes of ethics and codes of conduct, ethical decision-making framework; business ethics training, and respecting employee diversity. It also covers best practice guidelines for sustaining strong business ethics, including reporting systems, performance appraisals, and social responsibility.

An essential guide for practitioners on avoiding unethical situations in a fraud investigation--provides tips, techniques, and real-life examples accountants, auditors, and fraud examiners who fail to identify fraud and misconduct may be in violation of their professional standards. Among these standards are requirements to exercise professional and moral judgment, act in the best interest of the public, maintain integrity, objectivity, and independence, render opinions based on evidence and documentation, and exercise due care in planning and discharging professional activities. Failing to a...

Introduction to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its rationale. Includes detailed sections on incorporating good business ethics into a company's values, with real life case studies of CSR implementation.