Auditors’ ethical sensitivity and the assessment of the likelihood of fraud

Managerial Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 21-32

  Abdolmohammadi, Mohammad J ^a   Owhoso, Vincent D ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountants; Auditing; Ethics; Fraud; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744376501     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350010766963     Document Type: Article

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