This edition of Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting includes articles from a distinguished group of authors. The topics cover many aspects of professional responsibility and ethics in accounting, including whistleblowing, professional skepticism, earnings management,...

1. Making Crime Pay: Timing of External Whistleblowing; Andrea M. Scheetz and Joseph Wall 2. Factors that Affect CPA's Personal Applications of Ethical Tax Standards to Ambiguous Positions; Laura Clifford, Amanda M. Grossman, Leigh R. Johnson, and Wayne A. Tervo 3. Sustainability Reporting in...

This edition of Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting includes articles from a distinguished group of authors. The topics covered explore many aspects of professional responsibility and ethics in accounting, including Giving Voice to Values, Whistleblowing, Earnings...

Preface / C. Richard Baker -- Chapter 1. Socially responsible investment funds / Rosa Adamo, Domenica Federico and Antonella Notte -- Chapter 2. The philosophical dimensions of social responsibilities from the Bhagavad-Gita / Balakrishnan Muniapan and Biswajit Satpathy -- Chapter 3. The role of...

We examine the sustainability reporting activities of companies in controversial industries, e.g., alcohol, firearms, for-profit prisons, gambling, tobacco, marijuana and payday loans. For each industry we identify its controversial social problem – the “elephant in the room.” We then...

Devoted to publishing high-quality research and cases focusing on professional responsibilities of accountants, this volume explores topics such as whistleblowing, sustainability reporting, and ethical tax standards.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editorial Board -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1-Understanding Professional Skepticism Through an Ethics Lens: A Research Note -- Introduction -- Literature Review and Hypothesis Development -- Ethical...