The ethical behaviours of final year Turkish accountancy students compared with their Australian and Irish counterparts

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-400

  Burak Arzova, S ^a   Kidwell, Linda A ^b,c  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic integrity; bribery; business ethics; collectivism; cultural differences; Turkey, developing nation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547526181     PISSN: 17408008     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijaape.2004.005927     Document Type: Article

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