The ethics of creative accounting

Ethical Issues in Accounting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 24-40

  Blake, John ^a   Amat, Oriol ^b   Dowds, Jack ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85071523379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203978597-9     Document Type: Chapter

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