Week 1 Discussion Question 1 and Discussion Question 2

 Discussion Question 1

Review case 2-7, Milton Manufacturing Company.

Respond to the following:

If you were in Milton's place, which of the alternatives would you choose and why?

Post your response in the discussion area.

Discussion Question 2

 Practice: Week 1 Discussion Question 2

Respond to this week's discussion posted by your instructor.

Post your response in the discussion area.

Discussion Question: 

Arthur Andersen LLP was the auditor for Enron, WorldCom, Waste Management and other companies that committed fraud. Andersen was forced to shut its doors forever after a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against the firm that it had obstructed justice and lied to the government in the Enron case. One thing Andersen had done was to shred documents related to its audit of Enron before the government could get its hands on them.  Some in the profession thought the government had gone too far given the facts and mediating circumstances including top management’s deception; others believed the punishment was unjustified because most accounting firms got caught up in similar situations during the late 1990s and early 2000s (pre-Sarbanes-Oxley). What do you believe? Use ethical reasoning to support your answer.

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