Ethics in Accounting

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  1. Assignment: Ethics in AccountingDue Week 9 and worth 120 points Effective financial reporting depends on sound ethical behavior. Financial scandals in accounting and the businesses world have resulted in legislation to ensure adequate disclosures and honesty and integrity in financial reporting. A sound economy is contingent on truthful and reliable financial reporting.Instructions:
    • Read the following scenario.
    • Answer the questions that follow. Your answers should result in a 2-3 page submission.
    • Reference back to your text book for guidance on how to think through the scenario.

    Scenario:Imagine you are the assistant controller in charge of general ledger accounting at Linbarger Company. Your company has a large loan from an insurance company. The loan agreement requires that the company’s cash account balance be maintained at $200,000 or more, as reported monthly. At June 30, the cash balance is $80,000. You give this update to Lisa Infante, the financial vice president. Lisa is nervous and instructs you to keep the cash receipts book open for one additional day for purposes of the June 30 report to the insurance company. Lisa says, “If we don’t get that cash balance over $200,000, we’ll default on our loan agreement. They could close us down, put us all out of our jobs!” Lisa continues, “I talked to Oconto Distributors (one of Linbarger’s largest customers) this morning. They said they sent us a check for $150,000 yesterday. We should receive it tomorrow. If we include just that one check in our cash balance, we’ll be in the clear. It’s in the mail!”
    Questions
    1. What is the accounting problem that the Linbarger Company faces?
    2. What are the ethical considerations in this case? Provide rationale for why these are ethical considerations.
    3. What are the negative impacts that can happen if you do not follow Lisa Infante’s instructions to wait one more day to post the balance?
    4. Who will be negatively impacted if you do comply? Provide a rationale for why these individuals will be impacted.
    5. What is one alternative that you could pursue in this scenario? Support your recommendations with information you learned in this class.
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The accounting problem that the Linbarger Company faces

The accounting problem Linbarger Company faces is cash management, planning, and
coordination. The company is required to keep the cash account balance at $200,000 every end
of the month. There is lack of proper coordination between receipts and payments for purposes
of maintaining the right cash account amounts. There should have been proper communication
and coordination with Oconto Distributors which is one of the company’s loyal customers
(Filipova, Georgieva, Nikolova, Petrova, and Hristov, 2017). so that they should have sent the
check earlier to keep the cash accounts as they are required by the insurance company that
loaned the company. The vice president was also not aware of the issue and had to be reminded
by the assistant controller showing there is lack of coordination and planning.

The ethical considerations in this case and rationale for why these are ethical
considerations.

Ethics in financial reporting and accounting are concerne...


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