Ethics in Accounting and Financial Decision Making

Ethics in Accounting and Financial Decision Making In today's business world, many organizations place a tremendous emphasis on ethics and the financial decision making process within organizations. All organizations are expected to behave in an ethical manner in the current economy. There are many factors that influence organizations to ensure and enforce ethical policies. The objective of this paper is to discuss ethics in accounting and financial decision making. An article written by Joseph McCafferty (2000) …

…and attract new customers, staff, as well as new investors. All these benefits will contribute to the financial status of the organization and failure to do so will lead to poor financial performance. Organizations are turning to newer measurements that assess measured success factors, which should provide an accurate indication of performance. References McCafferty, J. (2002). Talk, or walk? (Whistle-blowing). Retrieved April 28, 2004, from http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m3870/10_18/93232252/print.jhtml <Tab/>