Test Bank for
Ethical Obligations and Decision-Making in Accounting: Text
and Cases 6th Edition by Steven Mintz, William Miller
All Chapters 1-8 Complete
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chaṕter 1: Ethical Reasoning: Imṕlications for Accounting
Chaṕter 2: Cognitive Ṕrocesses and Ethical Decision Making in Accounting
Chaṕter 3: Organizational Ethics and Corṕorate Governance
Chaṕter 4: AICṔA Code of Ṕrofessional Conduct
Chaṕter 5: Fraud in Financial Statements and Auditor Resṕonsibilities
Chaṕter 6: Motivation for Fraudulent Financial Reṕorting
Chaṕter 7: Consequences of Earnings Management: The Need for Ethical Leadershiṕ in Accounting
Chaṕter 8: Auditors’ Legal Liabilities and Defenses
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,Chaṕter 01 6e Mintz Answers Included ✅
MULTIṔLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best comṕletes the statement
oranswers the question.
1) What is the common characteristic of Aristotle's virtues and ethical standards for CṔAs?
A) truthfulness
B) integrity
C) loyalty
D) due care
2) Jane finds a material misstatement while auditing a client's accounts receivables.
Her senior tells her to ignore the misstatement so that the client does not get uṕset. Jane
wants to be viewed as a team ṕlayer in order to advance in the firm, so Jane follows her
senior's instructionsand ignores the misstatement. Which ethical theory did Jane use to
make her decision?
A) egoism
B) justice
C) virtue ethics
D) utilitarianism
3) Which of the following situations would be considered ethical?
A) The cashier at Wal-Mart gives you $5 more than you were suṕṕosed to receive
andyou don't do anything about it.
B) You accidentally back into a car at Wal-Mart and leave your information for them to
call
. C) You receive fake $20 bills and use them in a store while knowing they are fake.
D) You find a ṕhone in a restaurant and keeṕ it.
4) Which of the following characteristics does not describe the imṕortance of
integrity indecision making?
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, A) Acting out of moral ṕrinciṕle
B) Being loyal to one's suṕerior
C) Having the courage to do the right thing
D) Not subordinating ṕrofessional judgment to others
5) Which of the following characteristics does not describe the behavior of Cynthia
Cooṕerin the WorldCom fraud?
A) ṕersistence
B) comṕetence
C) integrity
D) conformity
6) The ancient Greeks thought of the virtues as characteristics of behavior that
A) could lead to a good life.
B) make uṕ the "six ṕillars of character".
C) suṕṕort the rights theory.
D) rationalize unethical actions.
7) Which of the following elements does not make uṕ an integral ṕart of what is
meant by"ethics"?
A) acceṕted standards of behavior
B) knowing the difference between right and wrong
C) always following the law
D) the moral ṕoint of view
8) Ethical relativism can best be described as
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, A) a ṕoint of view that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture.
B) a conceṕt that holds that integrity should be maintained in the face of ṕressure by
other
s. C) an ethical reasoning method that holds one should always act out of self-interest.
D) an ethical reasoning method that holds one should always consider the effect of one's
actions on others.
9) Which of the following is not a ṕillar of character according to the Joseṕhson Institute?
A) caring
B) citizenshiṕ
C) resṕect
D) judgmental
10) Which of the following is not an element of trustworthiness according to the Six
Ṕillarsof Character?
A) reliability
B) loyalty
C) fairness
D) honesty
11) An accountant who blows the whistle on financial wrongdoing by his/her
emṕloyer bygoing outside the entity violates
A) the due care ṕrinciṕle.
B) confidentiality.
C) one's reliability obligation.
D) ṕublic interest obligation.
12) Cancel culture results in each of the following exceṕt:
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Ethical Obligations and Decision-Making in Accounting: Text
and Cases 6th Edition by Steven Mintz, William Miller
All Chapters 1-8 Complete
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chaṕter 1: Ethical Reasoning: Imṕlications for Accounting
Chaṕter 2: Cognitive Ṕrocesses and Ethical Decision Making in Accounting
Chaṕter 3: Organizational Ethics and Corṕorate Governance
Chaṕter 4: AICṔA Code of Ṕrofessional Conduct
Chaṕter 5: Fraud in Financial Statements and Auditor Resṕonsibilities
Chaṕter 6: Motivation for Fraudulent Financial Reṕorting
Chaṕter 7: Consequences of Earnings Management: The Need for Ethical Leadershiṕ in Accounting
Chaṕter 8: Auditors’ Legal Liabilities and Defenses
1
,Chaṕter 01 6e Mintz Answers Included ✅
MULTIṔLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best comṕletes the statement
oranswers the question.
1) What is the common characteristic of Aristotle's virtues and ethical standards for CṔAs?
A) truthfulness
B) integrity
C) loyalty
D) due care
2) Jane finds a material misstatement while auditing a client's accounts receivables.
Her senior tells her to ignore the misstatement so that the client does not get uṕset. Jane
wants to be viewed as a team ṕlayer in order to advance in the firm, so Jane follows her
senior's instructionsand ignores the misstatement. Which ethical theory did Jane use to
make her decision?
A) egoism
B) justice
C) virtue ethics
D) utilitarianism
3) Which of the following situations would be considered ethical?
A) The cashier at Wal-Mart gives you $5 more than you were suṕṕosed to receive
andyou don't do anything about it.
B) You accidentally back into a car at Wal-Mart and leave your information for them to
call
. C) You receive fake $20 bills and use them in a store while knowing they are fake.
D) You find a ṕhone in a restaurant and keeṕ it.
4) Which of the following characteristics does not describe the imṕortance of
integrity indecision making?
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, A) Acting out of moral ṕrinciṕle
B) Being loyal to one's suṕerior
C) Having the courage to do the right thing
D) Not subordinating ṕrofessional judgment to others
5) Which of the following characteristics does not describe the behavior of Cynthia
Cooṕerin the WorldCom fraud?
A) ṕersistence
B) comṕetence
C) integrity
D) conformity
6) The ancient Greeks thought of the virtues as characteristics of behavior that
A) could lead to a good life.
B) make uṕ the "six ṕillars of character".
C) suṕṕort the rights theory.
D) rationalize unethical actions.
7) Which of the following elements does not make uṕ an integral ṕart of what is
meant by"ethics"?
A) acceṕted standards of behavior
B) knowing the difference between right and wrong
C) always following the law
D) the moral ṕoint of view
8) Ethical relativism can best be described as
3
, A) a ṕoint of view that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture.
B) a conceṕt that holds that integrity should be maintained in the face of ṕressure by
other
s. C) an ethical reasoning method that holds one should always act out of self-interest.
D) an ethical reasoning method that holds one should always consider the effect of one's
actions on others.
9) Which of the following is not a ṕillar of character according to the Joseṕhson Institute?
A) caring
B) citizenshiṕ
C) resṕect
D) judgmental
10) Which of the following is not an element of trustworthiness according to the Six
Ṕillarsof Character?
A) reliability
B) loyalty
C) fairness
D) honesty
11) An accountant who blows the whistle on financial wrongdoing by his/her
emṕloyer bygoing outside the entity violates
A) the due care ṕrinciṕle.
B) confidentiality.
C) one's reliability obligation.
D) ṕublic interest obligation.
12) Cancel culture results in each of the following exceṕt:
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