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by William Thomas and Wendy M.Tietz Chapters 1 - 12,
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Ethics Check
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a. Objectivity and independence
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c. Integrity
d. Integrity
, Short Exercises
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a. Corporation, limited partners of a Limited-liabilityj
partnership (LLP) and Limited-liability company (LLC). If any of
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these businesses fails and cannot pay its liabilities, creditors
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B cannot force the owners to pay the business’s debts from the
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owners’ personal assets. Creditors can go after the
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B general partner of a limited liability partnership.
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b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the business,so the B B B B B B B B B
owner is answerable to no other owner.
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c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its liabilities, B B B B B B B B B
B creditors can force the partners to pay the business’s debts
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B from B B their B B personal B B assets. B B A partnership affords more
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protection for creditors than a proprietorship because there are
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two or more owners toshare this liability.
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(5 min.)B S 1-2 B
1. The entity assumption applies.
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2. Application of the entity assumption will separate Osmond’s B B B B B B B
personal assets from the assets of Simple Treats, Inc. This
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will help Osmond, investors, and
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