Financial scandals, accounting change and the role of accounting academics: A perspective from North America

European Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 373-382

  Cooper, David J ^a   Everett, Jeff ^b   Neu, Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

accounting academia; accounting ethics; accounting interventions; Accounting scandals; Association for Integrity in Accounting; symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750533318     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180500124905     Document Type: Article

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