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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Authors: Beets, S. Douglas (Author) ; Killough, Larry N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 1990
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1990, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-126
Further subjects:B Ethic Code
B Ethical Behavior
B Enforcement System
B Accounting Profession
B Economic Growth
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