Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Practices”
Read the Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Practices case. You are to write a
four to six (4-6) page paper that answers the following questions:
1. Review the mandated requirements for legal compliance (from Chapter 4) and
determine which requirements apply to the Arthur Anderson case. Explain your
rationale.
2. Discuss how the issues with the Arthur Anderson case may have played out
differently if the Sarbanes-Oxley Act had been enacted in 1999.
3. Determine and discuss which elements of the framework for ethical decision
making in business (from Chapter 5) played the biggest role in the Anderson
case. Explain your reasoning.
4. Discuss how the situations at Arthur Anderson may have played out differently if
their senior management had displayed the habits of strong ethical leaders.
Provide specific examples to support your response.
5. Include at least three (3) references,