The criminal upperworid and the emergence of a disciplinary code in the early chartered accountancy profession

Accounting History

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 7-35

  Walker, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountancy profession; Britain, crime; Discipline; Ethics; History

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002518144     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237329600100202     Document Type: Article

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