Your professor asks you to consider whether earnings management can be justified by arguing that the net benefits of managing earnings exceeds any harms that may occur. The professor is asking you to apply what reasoning methods to make the analysis?
A) Egoism
B) Act utilitarianism
C) Rule utilitarianism
D) Virtue

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The professor is asking for an analysis of the net benefits and harms, which is a characteristic of utilitarianism. The professor is not specifically asking for an analysis based on personal gain (egoism) or moral virtues. Rule utilitarianism may be considered, but act utilitarianism is more appropriate as it weighs the overall consequences of a specific action rather than following a predetermined rule.

Your Professor Asks You to Consider Whether Earnings Management Can