Ethics and the auditing culture: Rethinking the foundation of accounting and auditing

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-284

  Satava, David ^a   Caldwell, Cam ^b   Richards, Linda ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clover Global Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Accounting ethics; Audit auditing; Business ethics; Ethical conduct; Ethics; Financial accounting and auditing; Model of ten ethical perspectives; Principle based accounting; Rule based accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644500158     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-0556-y     Document Type: Article

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