Ken Mcphail, Diane Walters

Accounting and Business Ethics

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the wake of various accounting scandals culminating in the global financial crisis, the ethics of the accounting profession have come under real scrutiny. This concise textbook, aimed at students and practitioners, develops an understanding of the way accountants make ethical decisions in practice by exploring the factors that impact on the dilemmas they face.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780415362351
• ISBN-10: 0415362350
• Artikelnr.: 22430341

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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