TICE – Turkish Integrity Center of Excellence

ZZ Cinema

Topic: Internal Control (Segregation of Duties) Characters: John, Manager of Theatre Franchise; William, Assistant Manager of Theatre Diana, Staff Accountant of Franchise Jodi, Ticket seller and cashier Bob, Doorman   Diana is a college graduate with accounting as her major and is planning to take the CPA exam. She recently accepted the Staff Accountant’s position […]

Whatever Happened to All Those Credit Slips?

Topic: Violations of Internal Control Characters: William Dalton, President of Dalton Enterprises, Inc.; Chauncy Dalton, VP of Finance and future President; Tim Johnson, In-charge CPA George Smerlas, Controller   Tim Johnson, CPA, is the senior in-charge on an audit of a medium sized ($20M in assets) client, Dalton Enterprises, Inc. This client is a family […]

Washing Dirty Laundry

Topic: Advertising (Unethical Tactics) Characters: Bruce Seth, project manager at a consumer products company Priscilla Wheeling, Bruce’s boss   Bruce Seth, a project manager at a consumer products company, was wondering how he should proceed with his recommendation for the Endirt commercials. Endirt had been doing well in the market, but not a week went […]

Uncharged Hours

Topic: Performance Appraisal Characters:Dave Leppla, First-year in-charge on a not-for-profit engagement Bob Wilson, Engagement manager   Dave Leppla has recently completed his second year on the audit staff of a CPA firm. During the past year, he was assigned as a staff-level auditor to the first-year audit of the financial statements of a not-for-profit speech […]

To Spray or Not to Spray

Topic: Product (Harmful Ecological Impact) Characters: Robert Whitney, product manager at Crocodile Cleansers   Crocodile Cleansers, a small company in the southeast, markets a variety of cleaning products. Although the company competes with major national brands, it has had a strong local following, especially among the working class. One of its principal products is Ab­Stain, […]

To Go or Not To Go

Topic: Staffing/Training and Development Characters: Boris Zvernisky, senior accountant at a large accounting firm Julie Corradino, partner at an accounting firm   Boris Zvernisky, a senior accountant, has just completed his third year at a large accounting firm. During this time, Boris has been consistently evaluated as an above average performer and a “team player. […]

Thompson Security Systems

Topic: Unethical Sales Presentations Characters: Bob Anderson, sales representative for Thompson Security Systems Beth Roberts, district manager and Bob’s boss   Bob Anderson has been employed as a sales representative for Thompson Security Systems for the past six months. Prior to joining the firm, Bob had worked for three years as a sales representative for […]

The Too-Small Sample

Topic: Marketing Research (Distortion/Falsification of Data) Characters: Roland, statistician for a small marketing research firm Todd, owner of the marketing research firm   It was Monday morning and Roland, the statistician for a small marketing research house, was sitting at his terminal cleaning up the tabulation program for a telephone survey that was currently in […]