The effectiveness of a complaint-based ethics enforcement system: Evidence from the accounting profession
Many professions, in order to enforce their ethics codes, rely on a complaint-based system, whereby persons who observe or discover ethics violations may file a complaint with an authoritative body. The authors assume that this type of system may encourage ethical behavior when practitioners believe...
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1990
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 1990, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-126 |
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Ethic Code
B Ethical Behavior B Enforcement System B Accounting Profession B Economic Growth |
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