Steven Mintz

Signs that You May Be a Shopaholic

Understanding the Causes of and Treatments for Compulsive Buying Disorder Do you find yourself battling uncontrollable urges? We tend to think of things like excessive drinking, smoking, eating, gambling, using drugs, and the like. Well, I do not suffer from urges in these habits. Instead, I’m what you would call a Shopaholic, which is usually applied

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“Excellence in Accounting Ethics Education Award”

The intent of this award is to recognize new pedagogy for teaching ethics to accounting students. A monetary award of $1,000 and a plaque will be presented at the annual Ethics Symposium to an individual (or individuals) who has developed and implemented an innovative technique/method for incorporating ethics into undergraduate or graduate accounting courses. Typically,

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Why Do Good People Compromise Their Ethical Values?

Beware of Rationalizations for Unethical Behavior Why Do Good People Sometimes do bad things, in general? In the past, I have blogged about this issue. I have explored, “What Does “Doing good by being good” mean? Simply stated, it highlights the idea that when one acts with kindness and compassion (being good) it will lead to

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Is Trump an Isolationist or Interventionist?

What’s the End Game? Most of Americans thought President Donald Trump was an isolationist when he ran for President in 2016. It was one reason he got elected. Americans were tired of endless wars, including incursions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Who could forget the site of our troops leaving that country under President Biden’s orders,

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Losses From Fraud Are Uncontrolled, but are they Uncontrollable?

What the 2024 FTC Data Shows About Fraud Scams I am a devoted fan of the television program American Greed. Many of its segments deal with instances of financial fraud and how it has upended the lives of so many. It also provides good advice on how to set up procedures to catch fraud so

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