Toeing the Line: The Ethics of Manipulating Budgets and Earnings
Management Accounting Quarterly Spring 2013 14(3): 18-24
Posted: 23 Dec 2015
Date Written: December 21, 2013
Abstract
Professionals in today’s fast-paced society have any number of temptations tossed their way. A survey of IMA members and other financial professionals determines their responses to a series of scenarios designed to test their ethics with regard to gaming budgets and earnings. Read on to find out what the data revealed about them — and possibly you.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Walker, Kenton B. and Fleischman, Gary, Toeing the Line: The Ethics of Manipulating Budgets and Earnings (December 21, 2013). Management Accounting Quarterly Spring 2013 14(3): 18-24, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2706817
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