Course Orientation Coversheet. Accounting Ethics (ACCT210) Online, Internet (Off Campus)

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1 Course Orientation Coversheet Effective 1/19/2016 This syllabus is prepared and designed to be used as an introduction and orientation for your On-line course. Your understanding of its contents is extremely important and therefore each student s responsibility. If in doubt, ask early not at the end of the semester!!! Accounting Ethics (ACCT210) Online, Internet (Off Campus) Saddleback College Business Science, Economic & Workforce Development Division Instructor: Paul Boyer, CPA Term/Semester: Spring pboyer@saddleback.edu Preferred contact is by Phone: TBA Office: BGS 226 Ticket #: Time & Day: Internet Based Office Hours: By Appointment Room: Online (Off Campus) Note: Students need to be prepared to participate weekly in online discussion forums, respond to discussion questions, attend live webinars, complete online projects, online exams and other internet based communications as part of this class. Page 1 of 6

2 Saddleback College ACCT 210 Spring 2016 Course Syllabus - Accounting Ethics Instructor: Paul Boyer, CPA pboyer@saddleback.edu Office: BGS 226 Office Hours: By Appointment Phone: TBA Saddleback Web Site and Blackboard Access: Note: Every student is assigned a college account and pin number (password). Do not change your e- mail address. If you prefer to receive at another address, go to and then to MySite, select and follow the instructions under Account Information to automatically forward your messages to the address of your choice. Course Requirements/Prerequisites: ACCT1B CREDIT: 4 Units Description: Designed to expose students to a comprehensive coverage of ethical and professional issues encountered by accounting professionals; prepares students to meet part of the Ethics requirement for becoming a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California; primarily focuses on ethics pertaining to the Accounting profession. Study of the ethical framework includes the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Code of Professional Ethics, Audit Responsibilities and Accounting Fraud, Legal and Regulatory Obligations, Earnings Quality, Corporate Governance, and International Financial Reporting, Course Objectives In the course students will be exposed to and will study to learn: 1. about corporate ethical decision making relating to professional accountants, other business colleagues and to other corporate stakeholders; 2. about the profession s expectations for those authorized to practice the profession of accounting; 3. about how to react to ethical decision situations; 4. about how to apply ethics when practicing accounting in corporate governance, audit, or other accounting environments. Student Learning Outcomes - After completing this course, students will be able to: 1. be able to describe and explain the ethics expectations of accountants; 2. be able to identify ethical situations; 3. be able to apply the ethical decision process, 4. know the legal and regulatory obligations in an ethical framework and 5. understand ethics in the international financial reporting & corporate governance environments Lecture-style PowerPoint presentations, demonstrations problems, group discussions and group case study presentations, and analysis of real world applications will comprise the online instructional materials and assignments format. You must be prepared to enter into discussions by reading text assignments, case studies and related supplementary materials. Quizzes and Exams will be completed online and graded with feedback for the individual students. The instructor will provide online, regularly scheduled student contacts, group facilitation and review sessions, and live sessions (as needed) Absorption of ethics relating to accounting concepts from the current literature is strongly encouraged. The instructor may supplement the text with articles from the professional literature and various periodicals as those become available. Additional reading assignments and extra credit assignments (if any) will be posted online using Blackboard. Page 2 of 6

3 Note that some test questions will be multiple choice and may be AICPA adapted to expose students to types of questions found on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy Examination. Text: Required: Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting, Mintz and Morris 3d Edition, ISBN ; Publisher McGraw-Hill Note: The textbook package is available through the Saddleback book store or on-line with the publisher. If you purchase the text from any other source, you will be responsible for any resource that is missing. Only the current edition as listed above may be used for this course. Earlier editions are not acceptable. Exams/Grading Policy: Exams will consist of multiple choice questions, short answer questions, essays and short problems. Exams will be in person and online, depending on the exam. Any exams scheduled in an online format will be announced at least 2 weeks before the exam due date. If for an EMERGENCY reason you must miss an exam, the instructor must be notified BEFORE the scheduled exam or a grade of zero will be assigned. All exams taken at other than scheduled times must be taken in person. There will be no makeup exams in an online format. Contact instructor to schedule a time prior to the online scheduled day and time. Your grade will be determined on the basis of the number of cumulative points scored on quizzes, exams, projects, and group and individual participation. The points will be weighted as follows: Quizzes (7 x 140) 140 pts (BlackBoard) Exams (4 x 50) 200 pts (On Line) Case Studies (8 x 10) 80 pts (Group Submittal Format) Discussion Questions (8 x 10) 80 pts (BlackBoard) TOTAL 500 pts. Grades are determined as follows Points % Letter Grade ( ) A ( ) B ( ) C ( ) D ( 0-299) below 60 F A ccess to BlackBoard (Saddleback s Online Portal) Go online to click on Logon. Your username and password is the same as your . If you have problems, a link to the BlackBoard Help Desk and a toll free number are listed to the right of the login. If you have additional questions or problems, go to for the Student Technical Support site. Page 3 of 6

4 CHEATING THE FIELD OF ACCOUNTING REQUIRES A HIGH DEGREE OF ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN ORDER TO INSTILL A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION PRODUCED. AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT IS NO DIFFERENT. CHEATING OF ANY KIND ON ANY PROJECT OR TEST WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN THIS CLASS. A STUDENT WHO IS SUSPECTED OF CHEATING WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE SADDLEBACK COLLEGE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. Course Policies, Procedures and Assignments The instructor assumes you have the requisite computer skills to successfully complete this course. This includes (at least) proficiency with Microsoft Office and access to the Internet. Each chapter will have a series of discussion questions, a quiz, and group case activities that will be administered through Blackboard. There will also be lecture-style Powerpoint presentations avalable and group discussion forums during each chapter immersion period. Student collaboration in interdependent group activities, as well as participation independently for group facilitation is a critical component of the successful completion of the course Lastly,There will be four exams administered throughout the semester. Since you will be provided with due dates well in advance, there will be no extensions for missing due dates for reasons such as BlackBoard or was down or having personal technology issues. To help you better understand the class material we may be using as a virtual classroom to answer questions and hold necessary course discussions or orientations to instructional requirements. These sessions will be announced in advance in BlackBoard and via student . Participation may be required for some sessions and optional but highly recommended for others. If you cannot participate in live presentations, the session will be archived so you can watch the presentation at your convenience. Be aware questions can only be answered at the live session. You are expected to read the chapter materials, review the author s support materials, complete assigned homework, quizzes, and exams on or prior to the assigned due date. You are responsible for any material provided by the textbook publisher in the textbook and/or their online learning web site. You are also expected to read the discussions and cases before each chapter immersion so you are able to effectively contribute to class discussions. Case studies will be assembled and submitted as group activities. Students will be assigned to groups once the course roster settles in the very near future, and will submit case studies as a group online in a format to be provided in BlackBoard. A separate and online instructions will follow very soon explaining in detail the group activities and submittal requirements and framework. Please read the first case and be prepared to begin group activities very soon Not all assignment submittal areas in BlackBoard will be available initially but will become available as subject matter immersion is scheduled. Also, individual student contact times, and methods for group review and facilitation will be distributed as soon as the course roster settles. Page 4 of 6

5 WITHDRAWALS DURING THE TERM See Saddleback College web site at Do not assume that the instructor will automatically drop you from the course. If you feel you must drop, take the initiative and do it yourself. Accommodations for Students with Disabilities This course meets the requirements set forth in the accessibility checklist and universal design grid provided by Special Services. The Web pages, video presentations, textbooks and class materials used in this course are accessible to students with disabilities. Course Chapters Outline Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Ethical Reasoning: Implications for Accounting Cognitive processes and Ethical Decision Making in Accounting Creating and Ethical Organization Environment and Effective Corporate Governance Systems AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Fraud in Financial Statements and Auditor Responsibilities Legal, Regulatory, and Professional Obligations of Auditors Earnings Management and the Quality of Financial Reporting International Financial Reporting: Ethics and Corporate Governance Considerations Tentative Course Schedule, Outline and Due Dates for: Chapter Immersion, Exam Completion, Discussion Forum, Case Study, and Quiz Items The following schedule represents a TENTATIVE timetable for presentation and completion of course assignments and examinations in fulfillment and mastery of the course objectives. This schedule may be subject to revision and/or modification throughout the semester, by the Instructor in response to appropriate extenuating circumstances. Any such changes to the tentative schedule below will be posted in BlackBoard. It is each course participant s sole obligation to become and remain apprised of any such revisions or modifications. Non-knowledge of schedule changes will not be considered adequate justification for reconsideration of subsequently missed assignment, quiz, case-study or examination due dates. Page 5 of 6

6 Week of Semester Week Reference Date Chapter Immersion, Cases, Discussion Questions (DQ) Exam Dates, other course materials & info Discussion questions (Submit 1) Due date for discussion question Due date to comment on 1 response 1 1/19 Cpt 1 Begin, DQ's, Cases 1-6, 1-7 Cpt 1-6,8,14 1/24 1/24 2 1/25 Cpt 1 - Wrap Up, Case 1-9, Case Study to be submitted and due date Case 1-9 (Due 1/31) Black Board quiz assigned Quiz due date Cpt 1 Quiz 1/29 3 2/1 Cpt 2 Begin DQ s, Cases 2-3. & 8 Cpt 2-8,12,14 2/4 2/7 4 2/8 Cpt 2-Wrap Up, Case /16 Exam #1 Available Cpts 1 and 2 (Due 2/1911:59pm in BB) Case 2-5 (Due 2/16) Cpt 2 Quiz 2/12 6 2/22 Cpt 3 Begin, DQ s Cases Cpt 3-6,11,18 2/25 2/28 7 2/29 Cpt 3 Wrap Up, Case 3-6, 8 3/7 Cpt 4 Begin, DQ s, Cases 4-1, 4-9 Cpt 4-1,2,8 3/10 3/13 9 3/14 Cpt 4 - Wrap up, Case /21 Spring Break Case 3-6 (Due 3/6) Case 4-10 (Due 3/20) Cpt 3 Quiz 3/4 Cpt 4 Quiz 3/ /28 Exam 2 Cpts 3-4 (Due 3/31 in BB) Cpt 5 - Begin, DQ s, Cases 5-2, 5-5 Cpt 5-1,2,7 4/3 4/3 12 4/4 Cpt 5 - Wrap Up, Case 5-10 Case 5-10 (Due 4/10) Cpt 5 Quiz 4/8 13 4/11 Cpt 6 All, DQ s Cpt 6-1,2,3 4/14 4/17 Cpt 6 Quiz 4/ /18 Cpt 7 Begin, DQ's, Case 6-1 Cpt 7 1,13,14 4/21 4/24 Case 6-1 (Due 4/24) 15 4/25 Cpt 7 Wrap up, Case 7-3 Exam #3 Cpts 5-6 (Due 4/28 in BB) Cpt 7 Quiz 5/1 16 5/2 Cpt 8, Begin, DQ s Case 7-8, Case 7-8 (Due 5/8) /9 Cpt 8 Wrap Up, Case 8-1 Exam 4 Review 5/17 FINAL EXAM (#4) Cpts 7-8 (Due 5/20 in BB) Cpt 8 7,8,16 5/12 5/15 Case 8-1 (pts 1,2,3) (Due 5/16) Page 6 of 6