The ethics of final year accountancy students: an international comparison

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 108-115

  O'Leary, Conor ^a   Cotter, Derry ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accounting; Auditing; Ethics; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132992     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900010319366     Document Type: Article

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