Business ethics is the application of ethical principles to manage complex dilemmas. Business ethics asks, "What is right and wrong and good and bad ?" in business transactions. Ethical solutions may have more than one, or no "right" alternative (Yalcin et al., 2000). In this study, ethical...

Ethics, of late, had aroused significant interest amongst practitioners and academics alike. The collapse of Enron, the largest energy‐trading company in the US had jolted the profession out of its complacency and serves a warning that all is not well with the profession. It is under scrutiny!...

Many researchers have debated the relevance of accounting curriculum to the employers in the US and other developed counries. Accounting graduates are said to lack various skills that are important in today’s job market. Among them are technological skills, oral and communication skills, and...

Information age in the 21st century is witnessing the dramatic increase in computer‐related jobs. Many employers are now recruiting candidates who have knowledge and experience in information technology or those who are computer literate. Therefore, potential candidates should m aster at least...

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has established 150 semester hours as the minimum education requirement to qualify to take the CPA examination. This educational requirement is generally believed to impose additional potential costs on students, academic accounting...

Technological change is altering the way educators deliver subject content. The phenomenal growth and widespread acceptance of the Internet has seen the creation of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in higher education. For the ease of integration of VLEs in higher education, software...

Traditionally, management accounting has been regarded as a monodisciplinary field of study that mainly focuses on calculating costs and prices. Today, it is seen that the field encompasses an ever-increasing number of knowledge domains including, for example, economics, sociology, psychology,...

Rapid developments in information technology (IT) have posed many challenges to the accounting profession. In this study we examined what has been done in US colleges by polling auditors' perceptions to investigate whether US accounting firms provide their auditors with more information on...

This paper explores undergraduate performance at second and final year levels on a degree programme in Accounting and Finance at a Welsh university using a blend of data from demographic, attitudinal and behavioural sources. It considers issues including gender, prior year performance and...