Ethical Ideology and Ethical Judgments in the Portuguese Accounting Profession

The purpose of the present study is to examine the attitudes of Portuguese chartered accountants with respect to questions of ethical nature that can arise in their professional activity. Respondents were asked to respond to the Ethics Position Questionnaire developed by Forsyth (Journal of Personal...

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Authors: Marques, Pedro Augusto (Author) ; Azevedo-Pereira, José (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2009
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 86, Issue: 2, Pages: 227-242
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Ethical Judgment
B Business Ethics
B Accounting
B Ethical Ideology
B ethical decision-making
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