Ethics and self-regulation for CPAs in the U.S.A

This paper explores three questions: (1) Why should Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), as a group, adhere to their code of ethics? (2) Why should an individual CPA adhere to the code? (3) Of what significance are the answers to these questions in regards to possible changes in the accounting curri...

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Main Author: Bollom, William J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 1988
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1988, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-61
Further subjects:B Current Quality
B Public Accountant
B Quality Review
B Economic Growth
B Quality Control
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Summary:This paper explores three questions: (1) Why should Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), as a group, adhere to their code of ethics? (2) Why should an individual CPA adhere to the code? (3) Of what significance are the answers to these questions in regards to possible changes in the accounting curriculum and the CPA profession's present concern for self-regulation through quality control reviews? The paper concludes that all college accounting majors should be required to take an ethics course and that the current quality review program should be mandatory, not voluntary.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00381998