Ethical issues in accounting and economics experimental research: Inducing strategic misrepresentation

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-59

  Dearman, David T ^a   Beard, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ethical development; Debriefing; Desensitization; IRB; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849117810     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508420802623674     Document Type: Article

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