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ETHICS ARTICLE REVIEW

Ethics Article Review

December 27,2006

Since the early 2000s there have been many accounting scandals that have resulted public confidence to decrease in accountants. Due to these scandals the need for ethical awareness has became more important more than ever. The SEC and many other programs have since been implemented to ensure such scandals will be put to a stop.
Accountancy programs have often has wondered how to include ethics into a full curriculum without compromising the technical topics. According to (The CPA Journal) suggests a modular approach. The modular allows ethics alongside the technical course work. The common perception has been that CPAs behave ethically. But unfortunately today there have been many CPAs that have contributed to not acting in an ethical manner. Due to the actions of a few unethical CPAs, ethics put into the accounting curriculums has become more important.
The Association to Advance Collegiate of......

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