The impact of corporate ethical values on perceptions of earnings management

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-98

  Elias, Rafik Z ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountants; Bankruptcy; Business ethics; Earnings; Ethics; Public accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645819427     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900410509839     Document Type: Article

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