Financial accountants' perceptions of management's ethical standards

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-244

  D'Aquila, Jill M ^a  

^a IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountants; Business; Environment; Ethics; Internal control; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035373667     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010707303007     Document Type: Article

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