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- Title
Whistleblowing and Management Accounting: An Approach.
- Authors
Loeb, Stephen E.; Cory, Suzanne N.
- Abstract
In this paper, we consider the licensing of and codes of ethics that affect the accountant not in public accounting, the potential for an accountant not in public accounting encountering an ethical conflict situation, and the moral responsibility of such accountant when faced with an ethical dilemma. We review an approach suggested by the National Association of Accountants for dealing with an ethical conflict situation including that association's position on whistleblowing. We propose another approach based on the work of De George (1981), in which both internal and external whistleblowing are possible alternatives, for use by management accountants in an ethical conflict situation. Finally, we consider the implications of our analysis for management accounting. While most of the analysis centers on management accountants, we note the likely applicability of the analysis to accountants in the public sector.
- Subjects
ACCOUNTING standards; PROFESSIONAL ethics; BUSINESS ethics; ACCOUNTANTS; WHISTLEBLOWING; CODES of ethics; ETHICAL problems; APPLIED ethics; PROFESSIONALISM; ACCOUNTING departments
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 1989, Vol 8, Issue 12, p903
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00383425