Professional accounting bodies' perceptions of ethical issues, causes of ethical failure and ethics education

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 928-944

  Jackling, Beverley ^a   Cooper, Barry J ^b   Leung, Philomena ^b   Dellaportas, Steven ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountancy; Accounting; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848886654     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900710829426     Document Type: Article

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