Ethical Education in Accounting: Integrating Rules, Values and Virtues

Ethics in accounting and ethical education have seen an increase in interest in the last decade. However, despite the renewed interest some important shortcomings persist. Generally, rules, principles, values and virtues are presented in a fragmented fashion. In addition, only a few authors consider...

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主要作者: Melé, Domènec (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2005
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2005, 卷: 57, 发布: 1, Pages: 97-109
Further subjects:B codes of conduct
B ethical theories
B ethical education in accounting
B Natural Law
B Values
B connection of virtues
B Virtue Ethics
B Ethics in accounting
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总结:Ethics in accounting and ethical education have seen an increase in interest in the last decade. However, despite the renewed interest some important shortcomings persist. Generally, rules, principles, values and virtues are presented in a fragmented fashion. In addition, only a few authors consider the role of the accountant’s character in presenting relevant and truthful information in financial reporting and the importance of practical reasoning in accounting. This article holds that rules, values and virtues are interconnected. This provides a sound approach to ethics in accounting, in which character and practical reasoning are crucial. Consequently, ethical education in accounting has to simultaneously include the knowledge of proper rules and principles and their correct application; values (understood as moral goods) and virtues, whose acquisition, in the view of the author, should be encouraged.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-3829-y