AICPA Ethics Exam questions with
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Ethical Decision Making Model - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔helps you
actively work through gray area and choose the best possible solution to an
ethical dilema
Step 1: Recognize the ethical issue
Step 2: Gather the critical facts
Step 3: Identify the stakeholders
Step 4: Consider your alternatives
Step 5: Consider the effect on stakeholders
Step 6: Consider your comfort level
Step 7: Consider rules, regulations and laws
Step 8: Make a decision
Step 9: Document your efforts
Step 10: Evaluate the outcome
Step 1 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Recognize the ethical issue
Step 2 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Gather the critical facts
,-you may not have all the facts, but you need the key ones (material)
Step 3 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the stakeholders
-who is affected by your decisions/actions
-consider as many as possible
Step 4 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Consider your alternatives
-approaches you could take to address this matter and resolve the ethical
conflict
Step 5 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Consider the effect on stakeholders
-effect of each alternative
Step 6 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Consider your comfort level
-how comfortable are you with each option
-how would you feel if you have to discuss your decision in public
Step 7 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Consider rules, regulations, and laws
, -rules set by AICPA, state accountancy board, state CPA society
Step 8 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Make a decision
-take the time you need
-discuss with colleague, gain perspectives, counsel, don't be hasty
Step 9 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Document your efforts
-your understanding of the facts
-who you consulted with and their professional affiliations
-your decision
Step 10 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Evaluate the outcome
-would you have done anything differently
Professional & Regulatory Bodies - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔set ethics
standards and rules for members of the accounting profession
State CPA licensing boards
AICPA
SEC
answers
Ethical Decision Making Model - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔helps you
actively work through gray area and choose the best possible solution to an
ethical dilema
Step 1: Recognize the ethical issue
Step 2: Gather the critical facts
Step 3: Identify the stakeholders
Step 4: Consider your alternatives
Step 5: Consider the effect on stakeholders
Step 6: Consider your comfort level
Step 7: Consider rules, regulations and laws
Step 8: Make a decision
Step 9: Document your efforts
Step 10: Evaluate the outcome
Step 1 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Recognize the ethical issue
Step 2 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Gather the critical facts
,-you may not have all the facts, but you need the key ones (material)
Step 3 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the stakeholders
-who is affected by your decisions/actions
-consider as many as possible
Step 4 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Consider your alternatives
-approaches you could take to address this matter and resolve the ethical
conflict
Step 5 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Consider the effect on stakeholders
-effect of each alternative
Step 6 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Consider your comfort level
-how comfortable are you with each option
-how would you feel if you have to discuss your decision in public
Step 7 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Consider rules, regulations, and laws
, -rules set by AICPA, state accountancy board, state CPA society
Step 8 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Make a decision
-take the time you need
-discuss with colleague, gain perspectives, counsel, don't be hasty
Step 9 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Document your efforts
-your understanding of the facts
-who you consulted with and their professional affiliations
-your decision
Step 10 - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Evaluate the outcome
-would you have done anything differently
Professional & Regulatory Bodies - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔set ethics
standards and rules for members of the accounting profession
State CPA licensing boards
AICPA
SEC
