Which Item Is an Indication of Credibility Under the Standards

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which item is an indication of credibility under the Standards of Ethical Conduct?

• A) Maintain an appropriate level of professional expertise by continually developing knowledge and skills.
• B) Refrain from using confidential information for unethical or illegal advantage.
• C) Abstain from engaging in or supporting any activity that might discredit the profession.
• D) Disclose delays or deficiencies in information, timeliness, processing, or internal controls in conformance with organization policy and/or applicable law.

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Definitions:

Gilded Age

A period in late 19th-century America characterized by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and ostentatious wealth, but also marked by social inequalities and political corruption.

Fiscal Policy

Government policies concerning taxation and government spending to influence the economy.

Reform

The improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc., especially through political or social means.

Social Gospel

A Christian intellectual movement that applied Christian ethics to social problems, particularly issues of social justice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, slums, bad hygiene, child labor, inadequate labor unions, poor schools, and the danger of war.