An empirical analysis of the positive impact of ethics teaching on accounting students

Accounting Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 505-520

  O'Leary, C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054865494     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280802532158     Document Type: Article

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