Unauthorized electronic access: Students' ethics, attitudes, and actions

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages 247-262

  Christensen, Anne L ^a   Cote, Jane ^b   Latham, Claire K ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84897585173     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1085-4622(2010)0000011014     Document Type: Article

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