Business, Ethics and Information Technology 1) What are some of the more common challenges and how mightthey be overcome? You may want to focus on one industry such as an accountingfirm
2) What would you identify as the most common, or mostegregious forms of unethical behavior relative to business use of IT? Whatshould be appropriate terms of redress?
3) Do you feel the “Black Friday” sales pushes,particularly the new trend to open on Thanksgiving day itself, is unethical?Does this increase the already rampant consumerism and further detract from thefamily? Or, is this simply good marketing, part of free enterprise, and up tothe customer to accept or to ignore?
4) How can we as accountants avoid this issue and stick toour professional ethics?
5) How can an accountant maintain objectivity orindependence when the company is quite small? In fact, the vast majority ofaccountants work for small companies, family firms, or their own smallbusiness In light of this DQ topic, how might the accountant for a closelyheld company maintain objectivity particularly in regard to the cleardisclosure of debt?
6) How can we as accountants or business owners keepemotions in check regarding the decision to file bankruptcy or in the processof preparing BK data?