Ethical Issues in Accounting

Ethical Issues in Accounting

Ethical Issues in Accounting offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction for students and teachers of business studies and accountancy as well as the practicing accountant.

The book covers the ethical implications of several aspects of accounting:

• ethics and taxation
• creative accounting
• ethics in accounting regulation
• ethical dilemmas in the public sector
• whistleblowing
• various aspects of social accounting, including environmental accounting.

The fitness of the accounting profession as guardians of accounting and auditing ethics is also discussed in detail.