Ethical Obligations And Decision-making In Accounting Text And Cases 5th
Ethical Obligations And Decision-making In Accounting Text And Cases 5th
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ISBN: 9781259969461
Author: Mintz
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Identify the ethical lessons that can be learned from the WF Bank scandal.

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The ethical lessons to be learnt from WF Bank scandal are:

  • The cultural phenomena at the Bank played a vital role. The presence of unrealistic targets incited the employees to take up the unethical ways to achieve the targets.
  • The lack of control system was another reason which encouraged the employees to carry on the fraud. The whistle blowers were fired from the job.
  • There was no proper audit done on the work performed by the employees. This is another lesson that need to be learned from the WF Bank scandal.

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