The perceived importance of an ethical issue as a determinant of ethical decision-making for accounting students in an academic setting

Accounting Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-348

  Guffey, Daryl M ^a   McCartney, Mark W ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethics; Perceived importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956297794     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280701272666     Document Type: Article

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