Accounting ethics education : teaching virtues and values

Abstract

"The book Accounting Ethics Education: Teaching Virtues and Values gathers a diversity of contributions from invited well-known experts. It promotes a comprehensive reflection around how ethics can and should be taught to accounting students, discussing and highlighting the most updated research on accounting ethics education, being an essential and useful reference in the field. The subject of accounting ethics education is critical to foster behavior that may prevent the way in which one acts or behaves, especially towards others. The point is that accounting education cannot exist without ethical education and accountants must be technically proficient and ethically sensible since ethical behavior is vital to the status and credibility of the accountancy profession. And this sensibility must be developed while the future professional is still cultivating his moral and intellectual structure within the school learning environment: character and practical reasoning are crucial because not only includes the knowledge of rules and principles, and their correct application, but also values and virtues. Examining multiple perspectives, the book Accounting Ethics Education: Teaching Virtues and Values improves the scholarly debate by providing cutting edge and insightful research, vital for all those interested and immersed in these matters. It begins with an historical perspective of accounting ethics education and continues by exploring challenges, opportunities and developments in the area. It will be of great value to academics, students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of accounting, accounting education and ethics" Provided by publisher.