Do you agree with your classmate’s rationale about why the AICPA includes job offers in their conflict-of-interest guidelines?

We know that a conflict of interest refers to a person in a position of trust with personal interests or obligations that conflict with those of others. In this discussion, you will address the prompt below regarding a situation in which a conflict of interest might occur.

Create one initial post, and respond to at least two of your classmates.

For your initial post, address the following:

Under what circumstances might a job offer from an audit client be considered a conflict of interest and/or an independence violation?
1. Why might the AICPA include job offers in their conflict-of-interest guidelines?
2. What are the accounting professional’s conflict of interest reporting requirements?
For your response posts, address the following:

1. Do you agree with your classmate’s rationale about why the AICPA includes job offers in their conflict-of-interest guidelines?
2. What is another possible reason?
3. Do you agree with your classmate’s post in terms of why this situation is considered a violation? How would you respond if you were put in this situation?
Remember, your contributions to the discussion play an important part in building the classroom learning community. This assignment is graded on the quality of your initial post and at least two response posts to your classmates. If you refer to any resources, be sure to include an attribution (or citation) to the resource.

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