Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: How Following Orders Can be the Wrong Choice
- Define professional skepticism, and discuss why this is important to the accounting profession.
- Define the three types of audit affiliations? Which type(s) were present in Harold’s case?
- Discuss Harold’s role in the Tom Petters Ponzi scheme?
- Based on your understanding of Harold’s plea agreement, why was he sentenced to 366 days in federal prison?
- In your opinion, should Harold have followed his boss’s orders? If you were placed in a similar situation, how do you think you would respond?