Professionalizing claims and the state of UK professional accounting education: Some evidence

Accounting Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-21

  Sikka, Prem ^a   Haslam, Colin ^b   Kyriacou, Orthodoxia ^c   Agrizzi, Dila ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Professional accounting education; Public interest; Scandals; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949086992     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280601150921     Document Type: Article

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