AC 563 Capstone - Ethics and Leadership in the Practice of Accounting
AC 563, Ethics and Leadership in the Practice of Accounting, is designed to prepare the student to be a leader in ethical decision making in the practice of accounting. Making ethical business decisions requires application of highly developed critical thinking skills. The course will cover major systems of ethical decision-making, ethical standards promulgated by accounting organizations, and business and accounting practices or systems designed to enhance ethical decision-making and to prevent, detect, and/or correct unethical behavior. Special emphasis will be given to making decisions in the face of conflicting values or stakeholder impacts. This capstone course will review and assess the program outcomes for the MPAc program. Students will critique ethical principles in business and accounting in line with those outcomes.
Prerequisite
AC 563 is a capstone course and should be the last course taken in the MPAc program core.