'True and Fair' as the Moral Compass of Financial Reporting
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'True and Fair' as the Moral Compass of Financial Reporting
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Posted: 21 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 23 Aug 2011
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'True and Fair' as the Moral Compass of Financial Reporting
RESEARCH ON PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING, Vol. 14, pp. 3-11, Cynthia Jeffrey, ed., Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009
Posted: 16 Aug 2011
Date Written: September 15, 2009
Abstract
Experience with the 75 years of development of, and increasing reliance on, written standards of corporate financial reporting suggests that balancing them with community’s social norms may be a better option. “True and fair” override of written standards could serve as the moral compass of financial reporting
Keywords: True and fair, financial reporting, standards, ethics, social norms
JEL Classification: M41
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Sunder, Shyam, 'True and Fair' as the Moral Compass of Financial Reporting (September 15, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1487721 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1487721
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