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Accounting and Business Ethics: An Introduction book cover

1st Edition

Accounting and Business Ethics An Introduction

By Ken McPhail, Diane Walters Copyright 2009
254 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Despite the enormous impact of various accounting scandals on the accounting profession, the general malaise amongst the profession more broadly, and the significant legislative and institutional reforms that have taken place as a result, there are still surprisingly few textbooks on accounting ethics. This concise introductory text takes a broad view of ethics and... Read more

Part I  1. Introduction  2. Descriptive Perspectives on Accounting Ethics  3. Normative Perspectives on Accounting Ethics  4. Political Moral Philosophy and Accounting Ethics  5. Post and New Modern Perspectives on Accounting Ethics  Part II  6. The Function of Accounting and the Morality of the Market  7. The Ethics of Being a Professional Accountant  8. The Ethics of International Accounting  9. Ethics, Intellectual Capital and Accounting Reporting

Biography

Ken McPhail is Professor of Accounting at La Trobe University, Australia.

Diane Walters is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland and a part-time lecturer at Heriot-Watt University, UK.

'A good introduction to accounting ethics from a broad, social context...the text would also provide a good introduction for accounting academics. Finally, this book would be useful for accounting standard setters, policy makers and others.' O. Scott Stovall, Abilene Christian University, USA in The International Journal of Accounting

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