Jeffrey R. Cohen

Boston College - Department of Accounting

Professor

Carroll School of Management

140 Commonwealth Avenue

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

40

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Scholarly Papers (40)

1.

The Corporate Governance Mosaic and Financial Reporting Quality

Journal of Accounting Literature, pp. 87-152, 2004
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 31 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy and Arnold Wright
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Northeastern University and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 7,979 (1,286)
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Corportate governance, Auditing, Financial reporting Quality, Audit Committee

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Auditing Intangible Assets and Evaluating Fair Market Value - The Case of Reacquired Franchise Rights

Issues in Accounting Education, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2011
Mark J. Kohlbeck, Jeffrey R. Cohen and Lori Holder-Webb
Florida Atlantic University - School of Accounting, Boston College - Department of Accounting and Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 4,193 (3,910)

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auditing, fair market value, intangible assets, AS 5, teaching

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Corporate Fraud and Managers' Behavior: Evidence from the Press

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2013
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Yuan Ding, Cédric Lesage and Hervé Stolowy
Boston College - Department of Accounting, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), JMSB and HEC Paris - Accounting and Management Control Department
Downloads 3,678 (4,866)
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Corporate fraud, fraud triangle, theory of planned behavior, managerial ethics, personality traits, fraud-related professional standards

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Corporate Governance in the Post Sarbanes-Oxley Era: Auditor Experiences

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy and Arnold Wright
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Northeastern University and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 2,279 (10,544)
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audit committee, corporate governance, audit process, Sarbanes-Oxley

The Supply of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures Among U.S. Firms

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2014
Lori Holder-Webb, Jeffrey R. Cohen, Leda Nath and David Wood
Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Boston College - Department of Accounting, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and Boston College
Downloads 1,508 (19,774)
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Corporate Disclosure, Non-financial Information, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting

The Supply of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures Among U.S. Firms

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2014
Lori Holder-Webb, Jeffrey R. Cohen, Leda Nath and David Wood
Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Boston College - Department of Accounting, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and Boston College
Downloads 684 (60,841)
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Corporate Disclosure, Non-financial Information, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting

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The Effect of Audit Committee Industry Expertise on Monitoring the Financial Reporting Process

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2013
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Northeastern University - Accounting Group, Northeastern University and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 2,077 (12,271)
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Corporate governance, Industry expertise, Financial expertise, Audit committees, Restatements, Discretionary accruals, Audit fees, Non-audit fees

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Rethinking the Influence of Agency Theory in the Accounting Academy

Issues in Accounting Education, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 17-30, 2006
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2009
Jeffrey R. Cohen and Lori Holder-Webb
Boston College - Department of Accounting and Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 1,867 (14,541)
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agency theory, models, methodology, models

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Enterprise Risk Management and the Financial Reporting Process: The Experiences of Audit Committee Members, CFOs, and External Auditors

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 Jun 2014
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy and Arnold Wright
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Northeastern University and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 1,450 (21,390)
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Enterprise risk management, qualitative research, risk management, COSO, financial reporting process, audit committee, CFO, audit partner, resource dependence theory, agency theory

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Form vs. Substance: The Implications for Auditing Practice and Research of Alternative Perspectives on Corporate Governance

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy and Arnold Wright
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Northeastern University and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 1,365 (23,443)
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Corporate governance, Resource dependence, Managerial hegemony, Institutional theory, Agency theory

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Corporate Reporting of Non-Financial Leading Indicators of Economic Performance and Sustainability

Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2011
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Lori Holder-Webb, Leda Nath and David Wood
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and Boston College
Downloads 1,332 (24,276)

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Corporate Disclosure, Non-financial Information, Leading Indicators, Competitiveness Information

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CSR Disclosure Items Used as Fairness Heuristics in the Investment Decision

Brown-Liburd, H., Cohen, J. and Zamora, V.L., 2018. CSR disclosure items used as fairness heuristics in the investment decision. Journal of Business Ethics, 152(1), pp.275-289.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2020
Rutgers University, Newark - Rutgers Business School - Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Boston College - Department of Accounting and Seattle University - Albers School of Business and Economics
Downloads 1,132 (30,878)
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Corporate social responsibility, fairness perceptions; investment decisions

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Project Earnings Manipulation: An Ethics Case Based on Agency Theory

As published in Issues in Accounting Education, Vol. 15, No. 1, February 2000
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2009
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Laurie W. Pant and David J. Sharp
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Suffolk University and University of Western Ontario - Managerial Accounting and Control Area Group
Downloads 937 (40,296)

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The Impact on Auditor Judgments of CEO Influence on Audit Committee Independence and Management Incentives

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Boston College - Department of Accounting, University of South Florida - School of Accountancy, Northeastern University and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 931 (40,640)
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audit committee, audit judgments, corporate governance, CEO influence, management incentives

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CSR and Assurance Services: A Research Agenda

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Jul 2014
Jeffrey R. Cohen and Roger Simnett
Boston College - Department of Accounting and Deakin University
Downloads 908 (42,122)
Citation 13

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Corporate social responsibility; CSR assurance; assurance services; assurance research

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Waste is Our Business, Inc.: The Importance of Non-Financial Information in the Audit Planning Process

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 31 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy and Arnold Wright
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Northeastern University and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 864 (45,020)

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Audit Planning, Non-Financial Information, Professional Skepticism, Analytical Review

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Expectation Gap and Corporate Fraud: Is Public Opinion Reconcilable with Auditors’ Duties?

CAAA Annual Conference 2013
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Jan 2013
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Yuan Ding, Cédric Lesage and Hervé Stolowy
Boston College - Department of Accounting, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), JMSB and HEC Paris - Accounting and Management Control Department
Downloads 854 (45,703)
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expectation gap, corporate fraud, management behavior, Fraud-related professional standards

The Effect of Moods on Auditors' Inventory Valuation Decisions

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2010
Janne Chung, Jeffrey R. Cohen and Gary S. Monroe
York University - Schulich School of Business, Boston College - Department of Accounting and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Australian School of Business
Downloads 405 (116,180)
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Moods, Inventory valuation judgments, Auditors' conservatism, Consensus

The Effect of Moods on Auditors' Inventory Valuation Decisions

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 27 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2009
Janne Chung, Jeffrey R. Cohen and Gary S. Monroe
York University - Schulich School of Business, Boston College - Department of Accounting and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Australian School of Business
Downloads 353 (136,003)
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Moods, Inventory valuation judgments, Auditors' conservatism, Consensus

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How Does the Strength of the Financial Regulatory Regime Influence Auditors’ Judgments to Constrain Aggressive Reporting in a Principles-Based Versus Rules-Based Accounting Environment?

Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2013
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Northeastern University, Lehigh University and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 752 (54,359)
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Financial regulatory regime, Principles-based standards, Rules-based standards, Audit judgments, Public Policy

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Retail Investors’ Perceptions of the Decision-Usefulness of Economic Performance, Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures

Behavioral Research in Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2014
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Lori Holder-Webb, David Wood and Leda Nath
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Boston College and University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Downloads 748 (54,727)
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Retail Investors, Non-Financial Information, Survey Data, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance

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Downloads 653 (65,455)
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A Survey of Governance Disclosures Among U.S. Firms

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2009
Lori Holder-Webb, Jeffrey R. Cohen, Leda Nath and David Wood
Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Boston College - Department of Accounting, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and Boston College
Downloads 390 (121,391)

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Disclosure, Corporate Governance, Non-financial Information, Governance Reporting, Ethics, SEC Regulation

A Survey of Governance Disclosures Among U.S. Firms

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Dec 2009
Lori Holder-Webb, Jeffrey R. Cohen, Leda Nath and David Wood
Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Boston College - Department of Accounting, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and Boston College
Downloads 263 (185,543)
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Disclosure, Corporate Governance, Non-financial Information, Governance Reporting, Ethics, SEC Regulation

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Audit Committee Compensation, Fairness, and the Resolution of Accounting Disagreements

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2012
Villanova University - School of Business, Boston College - Department of Accounting, University of Alabama - Culverhouse School of Accountancy and Kennesaw State University - Department of Accounting
Downloads 645 (66,517)
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Audit Committee, Incentive Compensation, Fairness, Responsibility

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The Effects of Perceived Fairness on Opportunistic Behavior

Contemporary Accounting Research, 2007
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2010
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Western Ontario - Managerial Accounting and Control Area Group and Suffolk University
Downloads 619 (70,165)
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agency models, accounting ethics, fairness, moral development, earnings management

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The Effectiveness of SOX Regulation: An Interview Study of Corporate Directors

Behavioral Research in Accounting, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Feb 2013
Boston College - Department of Accounting, Australian National University (ANU) - College of Business and Economics, School of Accounting & Business Information Systems, Northeastern University, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Australian School of Business and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 557 (80,004)
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The Effect of Non-Audit Services on Client Risk, Acceptance and Staffing Decisions

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 24, 2005
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2009
University of Florida - Fisher School of Accounting, Boston College - Department of Accounting and Boston College
Downloads 537 (83,705)
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Auditor independence, Non-audit, Services, Client acceptance, Staffing Decisions

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Effects of Earnings Forecasts and Heightened Professional Skepticism on the Outcomes of Client-Auditor Negotiation

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2012
Helen L. Brown-Liburd, Jeffrey R. Cohen and Greg Trompeter
Rutgers University, Newark - Rutgers Business School - Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Boston College - Department of Accounting and University of Central Florida
Downloads 521 (86,957)
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Professional skepticism, Negotiation, Earnings management, Audit ethics, Audit judgment

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Auditor Resignations and Firm Ownership Structure

Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2011
Samer Khalil, Jeffrey R. Cohen and Gregory M. Trompeter
Murray State University, Boston College - Department of Accounting and Boston College
Downloads 494 (92,761)

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Family firms, auditor resignations, corporate governance, market reactions

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Dual-Class Shares and Audit Pricing: Evidence from the Canadian Markets

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2010
Samer Khalil, Michel Magnan and Jeffrey R. Cohen
Murray State University, Concordia University - Department of Accountancy and Boston College - Department of Accounting
Downloads 409 (115,985)
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Audit pricing, Audit fee, Dual class shares, Private benefits of control

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The Effect of Framing on Information Search and Information Evaluation in Auditors’ Fair Value Judgments

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 May 2015 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2016
Boston College - Department of Accounting, University of South Florida - School of Accountancy, Wake Forest University - School of Business and Wake Forest University
Downloads 397 (120,065)
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Framing, Confirmation Bias, Professional Skepticism, Fair Value, Decision Making

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Flexible Scheduling in Public Accounting

Journal of Accounting Education, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 145-158, 1997
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2010
Jeffrey R. Cohen
Boston College - Department of Accounting
Downloads 367 (131,234)
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Flexible Scheduling, Public Accounting, Case Material

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Media Bias and the Persistence of the Expectation Gap: An Analysis of Press Articles on Corporate Fraud

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming, HEC Paris Research Paper No. ACC-2015-1105
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2015
Jeffrey R. Cohen, Yuan Ding, Cédric Lesage and Hervé Stolowy
Boston College - Department of Accounting, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), JMSB and HEC Paris - Accounting and Management Control Department
Downloads 336 (144,428)
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Expectation gap, Media bias, Corporate fraud, Management behavior, Press, Fraud-related professional standards

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The Role of Disclosure in Differentiating the Success and Failure of Distressed Firms

Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 75, No. 3, 2007
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 26 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2009
Lori Holder-Webb and Jeffrey R. Cohen
Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance and Boston College - Department of Accounting
Downloads 265 (185,000)

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Ethics, Disclosure, Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), Distress

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Client Engagement Risks and the Auditor Search Period

Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 May 2011 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2011
Samer Khalil, Jeffrey R. Cohen and Kenneth B. Schwartz
Murray State University, Boston College - Department of Accounting and Boston College
Downloads 264 (185,704)

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Client acceptance, auditor search period, audit risk

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An Examination of the Perceived Impact of Flexible Work Arrangements on Professional Opportunities in Public Accounting

Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 32, pp. 317-328, 2001
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2009
Jeffrey R. Cohen and Louise E. Single
Boston College - Department of Accounting and University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business
Downloads 225 (217,140)
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Flexible work arrangements, Gender issues in public accounting, ethics

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Will Women Lead the Way? Differences in Demand for Corporate Social Responsibility Information for Investment Decisions

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Nov 2012
Leda Nath, Lori Holder-Webb and Jeffrey R. Cohen
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance and Boston College - Department of Accounting
Downloads 175 (272,661)

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Corporate social responsibility, investment behavior, gender, feminist intersectionality, ethics

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Audit Partners’ Judgments and Challenges in the Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 Apr 2020
Boston College - Department of Accounting, University of Delaware - Accounting & MIS, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and University of Central Florida
Downloads 172 (276,863)
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Internal controls, audit partner judgment, compensating controls, root cause analysis, management defensiveness, auditor-client conflict, management review controls, audit quality, PCAOB oversight, tone at the top

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The Cut and Paste Society: Isomorphism in Codes of Ethics

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Sep 2011
Lori Holder-Webb and Jeffrey R. Cohen
Western New England University - Department of Accounting and Finance and Boston College - Department of Accounting
Downloads 157 (299,063)
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Code of Ethics, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance

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Is it the Kids or the Schedule?: The Incremental Effect of Families and Flexible Scheduling on Perceived Career Success

Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 54, pp. 51-65, 2004
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2009
Portland State University - Accounting, Boston College - Department of Accounting and University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business
Downloads 151 (308,822)

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Flexible work arrangements, Gender issues in public accounting, ethics

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PCAOB Inspections: Public Accounting Firms on 'Trial'

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2018
Kim Westermann, Jeffrey R. Cohen and Greg Trompeter
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Boston College - Department of Accounting and University of Central Florida

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Auditing, Inspections, Metaphor, PCAOB, Professionalism, Qualitative

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Managing the Auditor-Client Relationship Through Partner Rotations: The Experiences of Audit Firm Partners

Dodgson, M. K., C. P. Agoglia, G. B. Bennett, and J. R. Cohen. 2020. Managing the Auditor-Client Relationship Through Partner Rotations: The Experiences of Audit Firm Partners. Accounting Review 95 (2): 89–111. https://doi-org.ezproxy.neu.edu/10.2308/accr-52556
Posted: 09 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2021
Northeastern University - Accounting Group, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management and Boston College - Department of Accounting

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partner rotation; relationship partners; partner selection; qualitative method; social exchange theory

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The Influence of a Self-Interest Threat to Auditor Independence and Emotion on Auditors’ Inventory Valuation Judgments

Posted: 31 Jan 2015
Janne Chung, Jeffrey R. Cohen and Gary S. Monroe
York University - Schulich School of Business, Boston College - Department of Accounting and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Australian School of Business

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Self-interest threat; emotions; audit judgments; auditor independence; Pleasure, Arousal, and Dominance (PAD) scale