Industry Report

Assignment 1: Industry Report

Prepare a double-spaced, two-page industry report summarizing the key ethical issues in the banking and finance industry.

Follow the structure given below:

Page 1: Outline of the processes in which ethics review boards and other governance bodies within organizations tackle ethical breaches, such as:

• Tax fraud
• Tax evasion
• Insider trading
• Embezzlement

From the banking and finance industry, cite at least one real-life example for the ethical breaches listed above.

Page 2: Provide a brief historical context of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002. Identify at least four major ethical questions in the historical context that made the Act necessary. Explain, with rationale, if the Act has made audited financial records more reliable.

Access online library and the Internet and use the given keyword strings to conduct online research on instances of tax fraud, tax evasion, insider trading, and embezzlement in the banking and finance industry.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.  Please note:  original work only as it will be turned into TURNITIN. 

By Midnight PST, Thursday, March 28, 2013, compile the report and post it to the M4: Assignment 1