Accountants' Truth: Knowledge and Ethics in the Financial World

Accountants' Truth: Knowledge and Ethics in the Financial World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-208

  Gill, Matthew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting Standards; Business Ethics; Chartered Accountancy; Economic Sociology; Fact; Financial Regulation; Professional Ethics; Rationalization; Transparency; Truthfulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249143338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547142.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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