Accounting Ethics

The authors of a widely-praised textbook in accounting ethics (Understanding Accounting Ethics) have now authored a follow up text, Accounting Ethics ... and the near collapse of the financial system of the entire world. A book crammed with interesting case studies, anecdotes, illustrative examples, and historical reflections, Accounting Ethics is designed to bring home important insights and raise crucial questions such as the Did accounting irregularities help provoke the recent financial crisis? A profession and a How are they different? What character traits mark a good accounting professional? How did the founders of modern accounting view accountancy as a profession? What is the proper relationship between rules and principles? Can any erroneous ethical views negatively influence practice (e.g. relativism)? What are the proper meanings of independence , objectivity , and integrity ? The inherent altruism of accountancy as a profession Accounting Ethics continues the collaboration between a widely recognized expert in moral philosophy and a leading forensic accountant which was justly praised in Understanding Accounting Ethics, second edition. This new textbook, Accounting Ethics, contains eleven entirely new chapters; four of its fifteen chapters are revised chapters from the earlier text.