Will corporate governance and whistleblowing provisions improve financial responsibility?

Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-148

  Shawver, Tara J ^a   Shawver, Todd A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054822510     PISSN: 15740765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0765(07)00206-3     Document Type: Article

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