While much of the empirical accounting literature suggests that, if differences do exist, Big Four employees are more ethical than non-Big Four employees, this trend has not been evident in the recent media coverage of Big Four tax practitioners acting for multinationals accused of aggressive...

1. Introduction to taxation -- 2. Taxation history -- 3. Philosophy and principles of taxation -- 4. The classification of taxes -- 5. Tax policy, administration and compliance -- 6. The importance of organisational form -- 7. Direct taxes -- 8. Indirect taxes -- 9. Relief from taxes -- 10. Tax...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an exploratory study of employee voice and silence in international auditing firms. The authors examine two key questions: what is the propensity of employees in training to speak up on workplace problems and how would management react to...