The once and future accountant: Ethics and the future outlook of the US accounting profession

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 426-440

  Hale, Mark W ^a   Huston, Ryan ^b   Smith, L Murphy ^b  

^a Blinn College   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Accounting regulation; Auditing; Ethics; Public interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745437213     PISSN: 17408008     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAAPE.2005.009595     Document Type: Article

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