This paper explores the relationship between an individual's values preferences and his or her ethical evaluations, moral judgments and ethical intentions to report three situations of occupational fraud. Specifically, we attempt to find evidence of one or more values that may influence a...

The Association for Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) estimates potential losses from fraudulent activity are in the trillions of dollars each year for the global economy. In an effort to deter fraud, regulations such as the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program and the Sarbanes Oxley Act encourage...

This study explores the whistleblowing judgments and intentions of accounting students utilizing scenarios involving accounting earning’s manipulations and fraud. Individual differences affect how one makes decisions yet are rarely explored in the whistleblowing literature. As such, the...

Unethical business decisions and accounting fraud have occurred as a result of lapses in ethical sensitivity and judgment. The Association for Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) estimates that a typical organization loses 5% of its total yearly revenues to fraud; globally this translates into...