The Effect of Cognitive Moral Development on Honesty in Managerial Reporting

This study examines whether truth-telling in the form of honest reporting is associated with cognitive moral development. Conventional agency theory assumes that people are self-interested and willing to tell a lie to increase their personal payoffs, while recent empirical evidence shows that some p...

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Authors: Chung, Janne O. Y. (Author) ; Hsu, Sylvia H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2017
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 145, Issue: 3, Pages: 563-575
Further subjects:B Defining Issues Test
B Agency Theory
B Managerial reward schemes
B Ethical Behavior
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