Acknlwledgments.

Enron, Arthur Andersen, and the Financial Markets: A Chronology of Wall Street Journal Articles.

And then there was WorldCom.

Introduction.

1. The Nature of Accounting and the Chief Ethical Difficulty: True Disclosure.

2. Ethical Behavior in Accounting: What is Ethics?.

3. Ethical Behavior in accounting: Ethical Theory.

4. Accounting as a Profession.

5. Accounting Codes of Ethics: The Principles.

6. Accounting Codes of Ethics: The Rules.

7. Ethics in Auditing: The Auditing Function.

8. The Ethics of Managerial and Financial Accounting.

9. The Ethics of Tax Accounting.

10. The Ethics of the Accounting Firm; The Accounting Profession in Crisis.

Appendix I: The Code of Professional Conduct of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Appendix II: Institute of Management Accountants: Ethical Standards.

Appendix III: Statement on Auditing Standards: A Summary.

Appendix IV: Revision of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Auditor Independence Requirements.

Appendix V: Statements on Standards for Tax Services Nos 1-8.

Index.