Accounting Thoughts and Ethics

Running Head: ACCOUNTING THOUGHTS AND ETHICS
Accounting Thoughts and Ethics
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ACCOUNTING THOUGHTS AND ETHICS1
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This picture I have taken to discuss in terms of one of the Principles of Professional
conduct that is Professional Behavior. Professional Behavior can be described as a kind of
decorum that every person maintains within their workplace and somehow connected with
respectful conduct. In accounting, this term complies with several rules and regulations that
must be followed and suggest to avoid any such practices that can discredit the image of the
profession. In the above picture, it can be seen that there is a lot of police that is walking on
the road. While one police are moving forward and rest, all are following him. But, in this
picture, it is also visible that the traffic is still not moving from that side as the traffic signal is
red in colour that means to stop. This can result in an accident or problem for the others. In
the same way, the accountants are responsible for maintaining ethics in their professional
Behavior. As any wrong decision made by them or misconduct in their work can affect the
professional image as well as it can also bring a problem to others work.
As I am working as an accountant in an accounting firm within my country, I
generally have adopted some ethical values within myself. Integrity, Accountability and
Fairness are some of the values that I personally adopted so that I can serve the common
people in a better way. Integrity helps me to remain honest and straightforward with the
financial reports of my clients (Dobel 2016). Accountability makes me realize my