The Influence of Roles and Organizational Fit on Accounting Professionals’ Perceptions of their Firms’ Ethical Environment

A public accounting firm’s ethical environment has an important role in encouraging ethical behavior, but prior research has shown that firm leaders (e.g., partners) perceive the ethical environment of their firms to be stronger than do non-leaders (Bobek et al. J Bus Ethics 92(4): 637–654, 2010). T...

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Authors: Bobek, Donna D. (Author) ; Hageman, Amy M. (Author) ; Radtke, Robin R. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2015
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 126, Issue: 1, Pages: 125-141
Further subjects:B Organizational fit
B Ethical Environment
B Roles
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