Making a difference with a discrete course on accounting ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-404

  Dellaportas, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting students; DIT; Ethics education; Ethics interventions; Kohlberg; Moral discourse; Moral reasoning and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745641899     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-0020-7     Document Type: Review

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