A tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / Conor O'Leary and Shafi Mohamad
Ethics is an integral part of the accountancy profession. As the profession becomes more internationalized, it is critical to accept that different nations may still advocate differing treatments for similar issues. This study evaluates whether the accountants of tomorrow already display differences...
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| description | Ethics is an integral part of the accountancy profession. As the profession becomes more internationalized, it is critical to accept that different nations may still advocate differing treatments for similar issues. This study evaluates whether the accountants of tomorrow already display differences in their attitudes, based upon nationality. The attitudes of final year accountancy
students from three countries, Malaysia, Australia and Ire land we re compared across some ethical scenarios. Significant differences were found to exist based upon nationality. When confronted with bribery/corruption scenarios, Malaysian students were most likely to refuse participation but do nothing about them. Australian students were more likely to inform the relevant authorities. Irish students were more likely to participate than their Malaysian and Australian counterparts. Malaysian students were more likely to cheat in an exam than participate in corruption, whereas Irish and Australian students were more likely to do the opposite. Hence, ethical attitudes are affected by nationalistic traits. The ramifications for professional training should therefore be considered. |
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| spelling | uitm-137952016-07-21T09:26:00Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13795/ A tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / Conor O'Leary and Shafi Mohamad mar O'Leary, Conor Mohamad, Shafi Malaysia Periodicals. Societies. Serials Malaysia Ethics is an integral part of the accountancy profession. As the profession becomes more internationalized, it is critical to accept that different nations may still advocate differing treatments for similar issues. This study evaluates whether the accountants of tomorrow already display differences in their attitudes, based upon nationality. The attitudes of final year accountancy students from three countries, Malaysia, Australia and Ire land we re compared across some ethical scenarios. Significant differences were found to exist based upon nationality. When confronted with bribery/corruption scenarios, Malaysian students were most likely to refuse participation but do nothing about them. Australian students were more likely to inform the relevant authorities. Irish students were more likely to participate than their Malaysian and Australian counterparts. Malaysian students were more likely to cheat in an exam than participate in corruption, whereas Irish and Australian students were more likely to do the opposite. Hence, ethical attitudes are affected by nationalistic traits. The ramifications for professional training should therefore be considered. Faculty of Accountancy & Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2006 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13795/1/AJ_CONOR%20O%27LEARY%20MAR%2006.pdf O'Leary, Conor and Mohamad, Shafi (2006) A tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / Conor O'Leary and Shafi Mohamad. (2006) Malaysian Accounting Review <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Accounting_Review.html>, 5 (1). pp. 139-157. ISSN 1675-4077 https://mar.uitm.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Malaysia Periodicals. Societies. Serials Malaysia O'Leary, Conor Mohamad, Shafi A tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / Conor O'Leary and Shafi Mohamad |
| title | A tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / Conor O'Leary and Shafi Mohamad |
| title_full | A tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / Conor O'Leary and Shafi Mohamad |
| title_fullStr | A tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / Conor O'Leary and Shafi Mohamad |
| title_full_unstemmed | A tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / Conor O'Leary and Shafi Mohamad |
| title_short | A tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / Conor O'Leary and Shafi Mohamad |
| title_sort | tri-national study of accountancy students' ethical attitudes / conor o'leary and shafi mohamad |
| topic | Malaysia Periodicals. Societies. Serials Malaysia |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13795/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13795/ |