What actions can be taken to increase whistle-blowing in the classroom?

Accounting Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-106

  Bernardi, Richard A ^a   Landry, Alexandra C ^b   Landry, Erynne E ^c   Buonafede, Mitchell R ^d   Berardi, Marissa E ^e  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Large Public Accounting Firm   (United States)

^c Large Public Accounting Firm   (United States)

^d Regional Public Accounting Firm   (United States)

^e Regional Event Planner   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting and business education; cheating; professional ethics; whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962511876     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2015.1107496     Document Type: Article

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