This study examines corporate integrity culture—that is, a firm’s shared values and behaviors related to compliance, trustworthiness, and ethics. Different from prior research that associates culture measures with general firm-level outcomes, we evaluate the pervasiveness of the integrity...

I examine the effect of the accounting standard for derivative instruments (SFAS No. 133) on corporate risk-management behavior. I classify a derivative user as an "effective hedger" (EH firm) if its risk exposures decreased after the initiation of the derivatives program, and as an "ineffective...