The question of title is about the ethical dilemmas which are involved into the accountancy profession. There are millions of accountants, who must do their jobs well each day and don’t break the law, who have to rigorously apply accounting standards and professional principles in their work...

Reflects on the values behind the ILO's Decent Work Agenda and provides a forum for contributors from various humanistic, philosophical, spiritual and religious traditions to express their views on the significance of work at all levels of society, from the individual person to the global...

The aim of this paper is examine how moral failure shaped the global financial crisis with particular attention to the role of neoclassical economics theory. The paper compares the premises and characteristics of Schumacher's (1973) Buddhist economics with the prevailing neoclassical economics,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the impact of ethical culture on audit quality under conditions of time budget pressure. The study also tests the relationship between ethical culture and time budget pressure. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on a field...

Companies are sometimes accused of misleading the market. The SEC can punish this with enforcement actions. Alternatively, shareholders can seek redress through a shareholder class action (SCA). Thus, using a sample of 416 securities class actions, this paper shows that SCAs are a catalyst to...