ACCT 340 Accounting Ethics Sample Papers, Week by Week

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ACCT 340 examines the ethical standards of the accounting profession against a Christian worldview: the major ethics systems, the cognitive processes behind ethical decisions, organizational ethics and governance, the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, fraud and auditors' responsibilities, legal obligations, earnings management and ethical leadership. The samples below cover every written week, from a forum on rules and character to the group paper that applies the course's decision-making model to a full case.

CourseACCT 340 Accounting Ethics (ACCT340)
Credit hours3
ProgramBS in Accounting
Length8 Module/Weeks, online
Weeks with written work8 of 8
Samples on this site8 week sample papers
SourcesLiberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published ACCT 340 course guide
UpdatedOctober 2026

What ACCT 340 covers

Mintz and Morris's Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting is read one chapter a week, from ethical reasoning in chapter 1 to ethical leadership in chapter 8, with one or two presentations each week.

Forum threads run at least 750 words with a reply of at least 250 words. The reflection paper of three pages needs three references besides the textbook and the Bible; the individual research paper of five to seven pages needs five peer-reviewed references besides the AICPA Code and the Bible; the group paper of 12 to 15 pages needs nine peer-reviewed references and a PowerPoint.

Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog describes ACCT 340 Accounting Ethics this way:
This course provides an analysis of ethical standards in the accounting profession. Major ethics paradigms are examined and contrasted with a Christian worldview of ethics. The course includes an in-depth examination of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and other ethical standards in the accounting profession. The course also presents an ethical decision-making model for the accounting profession.

ACCT 340 week by week, with the sample for each

WeekWritten work in the course guidePointsSample
Week 1Group Discussion Board Forum 1 (Course Requirements Checklist, Class Introductions and Connect orientation also due)100Read the Week 1 sample
Week 2Reflection Paper100Read the Week 2 sample
Week 3Group Discussion Board Forum 2100Read the Week 3 sample
Week 4Individual Research Paper200Read the Week 4 sample
Week 5Group Discussion Board Forum 3100Read the Week 5 sample
Week 6Group Discussion Board Forum 4100Read the Week 6 sample
Week 7Group Discussion Board Forum 5100Read the Week 7 sample
Week 8Group Research Paper and PowerPoint Presentation200Read the Week 8 sample

Where ACCT 340 papers lose points

ACCT 340 work loses points when forum threads fall short of 750 words, when ethics theories are named without being applied to an accounting decision, when papers count the textbook or the Bible toward their required references and when the Christian worldview appears only as a closing verse instead of being compared with the secular theories.

Using a ACCT 340 sample well

Each sample applies an ethics theory or a section of the AICPA Code to an accounting decision and compares it with a Christian worldview, as the course description asks. The research papers show how to use peer-reviewed sources on ethics in accounting alongside the Code itself.

ACCT 340 questions, answered

What textbook does ACCT 340 use?

Mintz and Morris's Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting: Text and Cases, read one chapter a week from ethical reasoning to ethical leadership.

How long are ACCT 340 forum threads?

ACCT 340 group threads need 750 words or more and demonstrate course knowledge, with a reply of at least 250 words to one classmate.

What is the ACCT 340 individual research paper?

A 5-7 page paper in current APA format on deontology and utilitarianism, with at least five peer-reviewed references besides the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and the Bible, due in Module/Week 4.

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