1st Edition

Accounting Ethics Education Making Ethics Real

Edited By Alberto Costa, Margarida Pinheiro Copyright 2021
222 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Accounting education ought to prepare future professionals to enter a principles-based, rules-oriented field of activity wherein technical knowledge of accounting standards (principles, rules and decision procedures) and ethical awareness (the capacity to discern moral issues and resolve ethical dilemmas) are crucial. Accounting education is best performed by the accountant’s adherence to the... Read more

Part 1 Ethical training: preparing from the inside

1. Decreasing cheating and increasing whistle-blowing in the classroom: a replication study 

Richard A. Bernardi, Samantha A. Bilinsky, Callie H. Chase, Lisa D. Giannini & Samantha A. MacWhinnie

2. Barriers to teaching accounting ethics: accounting faculty qualifications and students’ ability to learn 

James E. Rebele & Kent St. Pierre

3. Audit education: toward virtue and duty 

Bruce Wayne Stuart, Iris Caroline Stuart & Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen

4. Accounting ethics in the undergraduate curriculum and the impact of professional accreditation 

Christopher J. Cowton

5. Corporate sustainability and social responsibility in the accounting profession: educational tools to advance accounting ethics education 

Michael Kraten & Martin T. Stuebs, Jr.

6. The case for ethics instruction in the age of analytics 

Margaret N. Boldt & Robert L. Braun

Part 2 Giving voice to values: making ethics real

7. Giving voice to values – operationalizing ethical decision making in accounting 

William F. Miller & Tara J. Shawver

8. Incorporating behavioral ethics and organizational culture into accounting ethics 

Steven M. Mintz & William F. Miller

9. Putting ethical dilemmas on students' 'RADAR'

Joan Lee & Dawn W. Massey

Biography

Alberto J. Costa, Ph.D., is Professor at the Institute of Accounting and Administration (ISCA) at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and a Full Researcher of GOVCOPP (Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, of the University of Aveiro), on the Systems for Decision Support research group.

Margarida M. Pinheiro, Ph.D., is Professor at the University of Aveiro (Institute of Accounting and Administration, ISCA-UA) and a Full Researcher at the Research Centre Didactics and Technology in Education of Trainers (CIDTFF), on the Policies, Evaluation and Quality research group.