This chapter examines ethical leaders in accounting. We analyze the actions of individuals broadly associated with the accounting profession who have been presented with challenging situations and evaluate their responses to difficult circumstances. Our subjects are transformational leaders who...

Purpose To examine how use of different quiz formats in an introductory financial accounting course encourages student beliefs about performance in the course. Methodology/approach Surveys of students prior to and after experiencing five different types of quizzes in the course. Findings In...

This study investigates whether corporate governance quality affects differences in financial reporting quality and cost of capital of public companies associated with adoption of XBRL in the Voluntary Filing Program (VFP) launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in March 2005....

Considerable prior research investigates whether the extent of insider presence on corporate boards is detrimental. However, the majority of past research treats all inside directors as a homogenous group. This study considers that issue in the context of chief financial officers (CFO) serving...