Individuals and companies face situations every day that require them to make ethical decisions. Sometimes, the wrong decision is made, resulting in an ethical violation. In this discussion, you will introduce yourself to the class and then address the prompt below regarding your experience with ethical decision making. When describing ethical violations, do not use personally identifying information to ensure sensitive details aren’t accidentally shared.
Create one initial post, and respond to at least two of your classmates.
For your initial post, address the following:
- Share a little about yourself: where you are located, hobbies, etc. (whatever you are comfortable sharing).
- What are your goals for the course, and what do you hope to learn?
- Share a circumstance you have observed in your workplace or personal life when an ethical violation occurred. Did anyone take action? What was the outcome?
What is your awareness of accounting and financial ethics violations?