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CSME – May 2024 – L2 – SA – Q4 – Ethical Issues in Corporate Governance

Assess ethical considerations in addressing a workplace theft scenario

You work at a company that produces table water and you know that a colleague, in connivance with one of the company’s drivers, steals packs of water from the store and sells them to customers. You are unsure whether to ignore the ongoing theft or report it to your boss.

Required:

a. Identify the technical term for your current situation in the scenario and briefly explain the term. (3 Marks)

b. Explain the consequential and non-consequential theories of ethics and specify how these can be applied in decision-making within the context of the presented scenario. (6 Marks)

c. What is the technical term for the decision to inform your boss about the theft, and what considerations should you take before making this decision based on the underlying theory? (11 Marks)

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BMF – Nov 2020 – L1 – SA – Q11 – The Role of Professional Accountants in Business and Society

Identify the term for reporting suspicions of illegal or improper behavior.

Reporting suspicions of illegal or improper behavior to a person in authority is termed:
A. Business ethics
B.
C.
D.
E. Whistle blowing

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MGE – May 2018 – L2 – Q5 – Ethics in Business

Discusses the steps in whistleblowing and the risks involved in reporting fraudulent transactions.

a. i. Identify and explain briefly the technical term to describe the above scenario. (1½ Marks)
ii. Explain the necessary steps Aniko should take before reporting the fraudulent transaction. (9 Marks)

b. Explain the likely risks in exposing such a transaction. (4½ Marks)

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SCS – Aug 2022 – L3 – Q3 – Conflicts of interest and ethical conflict resolution

Explains whistleblowing and what an employee should consider before whistleblowing in Bazar.

“Whistleblowing” means reporting suspicions of illegal or improper behaviour to a person in authority.

Required:
In relation to the comments above, explain to the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Culture, Mrs. Raju Asha, the consequences of comments recorded by an employee. Additionally, advise the employee on what he/she should consider before deciding on “blowing the whistle” and the potential difficulties that the staff might encounter.

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BMF – May 2022 – L1 – SB – Q5a – The Role of Professional Accountants in Business and Society

Explaining key business ethics terms and concepts.

Explain the following terms:
i. Business ethics
ii. Whistle blowing
iii. Ethical dilemma
iv. Conflict of interests
v. Corporate code of ethics
vi. Principles-based code of ethics

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BMF – May 2021 – L1 – SB – Q6a – The Role of Professional Accountants in Business and Society

State two problems that may arise causing employees to use a different reporting channel for unethical conduct.

In a normal situation or circumstance, employees are expected to report unethical or illegal conduct to the supervisor or manager. State TWO problems that may arise that would make an employee use a different reporting channel.

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BMF – Nov 2023 – L1 – SA – Q15 – The Role of Professional Accountants in Business and Society

Identify the process where an accountant reports suspicions of illegal behavior.

The process by which a professional accountant reports suspicions of illegal or improper behaviour to a person in authority is

A. Due care
B. Surveillance
C. Strategic alert
D. Professionalism
E. Whistleblowing

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CSME – May 2024 – L2 – SA – Q4 – Ethical Issues in Corporate Governance

Assess ethical considerations in addressing a workplace theft scenario

You work at a company that produces table water and you know that a colleague, in connivance with one of the company’s drivers, steals packs of water from the store and sells them to customers. You are unsure whether to ignore the ongoing theft or report it to your boss.

Required:

a. Identify the technical term for your current situation in the scenario and briefly explain the term. (3 Marks)

b. Explain the consequential and non-consequential theories of ethics and specify how these can be applied in decision-making within the context of the presented scenario. (6 Marks)

c. What is the technical term for the decision to inform your boss about the theft, and what considerations should you take before making this decision based on the underlying theory? (11 Marks)

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BMF – Nov 2020 – L1 – SA – Q11 – The Role of Professional Accountants in Business and Society

Identify the term for reporting suspicions of illegal or improper behavior.

Reporting suspicions of illegal or improper behavior to a person in authority is termed:
A. Business ethics
B.
C.
D.
E. Whistle blowing

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MGE – May 2018 – L2 – Q5 – Ethics in Business

Discusses the steps in whistleblowing and the risks involved in reporting fraudulent transactions.

a. i. Identify and explain briefly the technical term to describe the above scenario. (1½ Marks)
ii. Explain the necessary steps Aniko should take before reporting the fraudulent transaction. (9 Marks)

b. Explain the likely risks in exposing such a transaction. (4½ Marks)

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SCS – Aug 2022 – L3 – Q3 – Conflicts of interest and ethical conflict resolution

Explains whistleblowing and what an employee should consider before whistleblowing in Bazar.

“Whistleblowing” means reporting suspicions of illegal or improper behaviour to a person in authority.

Required:
In relation to the comments above, explain to the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Culture, Mrs. Raju Asha, the consequences of comments recorded by an employee. Additionally, advise the employee on what he/she should consider before deciding on “blowing the whistle” and the potential difficulties that the staff might encounter.

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BMF – May 2022 – L1 – SB – Q5a – The Role of Professional Accountants in Business and Society

Explaining key business ethics terms and concepts.

Explain the following terms:
i. Business ethics
ii. Whistle blowing
iii. Ethical dilemma
iv. Conflict of interests
v. Corporate code of ethics
vi. Principles-based code of ethics

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BMF – May 2021 – L1 – SB – Q6a – The Role of Professional Accountants in Business and Society

State two problems that may arise causing employees to use a different reporting channel for unethical conduct.

In a normal situation or circumstance, employees are expected to report unethical or illegal conduct to the supervisor or manager. State TWO problems that may arise that would make an employee use a different reporting channel.

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BMF – Nov 2023 – L1 – SA – Q15 – The Role of Professional Accountants in Business and Society

Identify the process where an accountant reports suspicions of illegal behavior.

The process by which a professional accountant reports suspicions of illegal or improper behaviour to a person in authority is

A. Due care
B. Surveillance
C. Strategic alert
D. Professionalism
E. Whistleblowing

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