Duska and Duska in "Ethics in Auditing: the Auditing Function

question 24

Essay

Duska and Duska in "Ethics in Auditing: The Auditing Function" defend the rather demanding position that, based upon Kant's universalizability principle, auditors must avoid even the perception of conflict of interest. Begin by providing the best possible explanation/defense of their arguments leading to this conclusion, including an explanation of the universalizability principle and how it supports their conclusions. Then explain whether you believe that the authors' reasoning supports the conclusion they argue for.

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Definitions:

Dispatching Rules

Guidelines or strategies used in production and operations management to prioritize and allocate tasks or jobs to available resources or machines.

Flow Time

The total time a product takes to go through a production process, from start to finish, including both processing and waiting times.

Work Centre

A specific location in a manufacturing facility where a set of production tasks or operations are carried out.

Processing

The series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end, especially in the context of data or material transformation.