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In which of these situations might moral hazard arise?
a) Insurance companies fail to calculate the risks of accident correctly.
b) A company receives an exemption from pollution control legislation.
c) A sports team accepts bribes which affect their performance in a game.
d) A group of households makes a collective purchase of flood insurance
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- An investor or creditor believes that they have suffered harm due to the unexpected the bankruptcy of a large corporation: Required: Can that investor or creditor sue the auditor of the large corporation under contract law? Explain. If the investor or creditor chooses to sue the auditor of the large corporation under tort law, what must they prove before their claim can succeed? How can the auditor contest a claim of negligence?.A city health inspector threatens to close down a restaurant for issuing a fake health notice if the owner does not make a financial payment to the inspector. If the restaurant owner does not cooperate, he will not be able to open for business and the publicity will drive away his customers permanently . Faced with a threat of economic loss the owner makes the payment.▪ what type of fraud is this and what controls can be implemented to prevent or detect fraud ??A council health inspector threatens to close down a restaurant by issuing a fake health violation notice if the owner does not make a financial payment to him. If the restaurant owner does not cooperate, the restaurant cannot be opened for business and the negative publicity will drive customers away. Faced with the potential economic loss, the owner makes the payment. What controls can be implemented to prevent or detect the fraud?
- Please describe a time when you were faced with a personal dilemma regarding whether to blow the whistle on a wrongdoing. Some examples of a wrongdoing are witnessing cheating on an exam, witnessing someone trying to steal, noticing someone trying to take advantage of another, and completing a project at work without recording time spent in order to meet time constraints. Who were the stakeholders in the situation and how were they impacted by the wrongdoing? How did rationalization encourage the wrongdoer to follow through with their wrongdoing? What did you do and why?Please describe a time when you were faced with a personal dilemma regarding whether to blow the whistle on a wrongdoing. Some examples of a wrongdoing are witnessing cheating on an exam, witnessing someone trying to steal, noticing someone trying to take advantage of another, and completing a project at work without recording time spent in order to meet time constraints. Who were the stakeholders in the situation and how were they impacted by the wrongdoing? How did rationalization encourage the wrongdoer to follow through with their wrongdoing? What did you do and why? Case scenario: for someone working but not clocking in How would this fit under this dilemma? Please explain:Do you think there are any circumstances when you should go outside the company to report financial wrongdoing? If so, to what person/organization would you go? Why? If not, why would you not take the information outside the company?
- According to the AICPA Code of Conduct, which of the following acts is generally forbidden to CPAs in public practice?a. Purchasing bookkeeping software from a high-tech development company and resellingit to tax clients.b. Being the author of a “TaxAid” newsletter promoted and sold by a publishing company.c. Having a commission arrangement with an accounting software developer to receive4 percent of the price of programs recommended and sold to audit clients.d. Engaging a marketing firm to obtain new financial planning clients for a fixed fee of$1,000 for each successful contact.A customer has filed a suit against a trader who has supplied poor quality goods to him. It is known that the court judgment will be in favour of the customer and the trader will be required to pay the damages. However, the amount of legal damages is not known with certainity. The accounting year has already been ended and the books are now finalised to ascertain true profit or loss. The accountant of the trader has advised him not to consider the expected loss on account of payment of legal damages because the amount is not certain and the final judgment of the court is not yet out. Do you think the accountant is right in his approach.
