ETHICS: THE TREND OF ACCOUNTANTS DENOUNCE ACTS QUESTIONABLE

Authors

  • Edzana Roberta F. da C. Vieira Lucena Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Clayton Levy Lima de Melo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Paulo Roberto Barbosa Lustosa Universidade de Brasília
  • César Augusto Tibúrcio Silva Universidade de Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/rco.v9i24.55421

Keywords:

Ethics. Graham model. Accountant. Management processes.

Abstract

This study is meant to examine the trend of accounting professionals denounce questionable actions to their superiors. Therefore, the secondary objectives are: To compare the results obtained in Brazil with the work of Schultz et al. (1993) and see if the results are significantly impacted by the effect of gender and age on ethics. The sample consists of 215 respondents and the questionnaire contains 6 cases involving ethical conflicts between superiors and subordinates. For the analysis of data were used: the Pearson correlation analysis, descriptive statistics, regression analysis and test averages Student's t test. The results show that the model is useful in understanding the trends report, since the three research hypotheses, two were considered statistically consistent. Regarding the secondary endpoints, the results show that nationality influenced the ethics, while the analysis of the influence of gender and age group showed inconclusive results.

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Author Biographies

  • Edzana Roberta F. da C. Vieira Lucena, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
    Doutora pelo Programa Multiinstitucional e Inter-regional de Pós-graduação em Ciências Contábeis UnB, UFPB e UFRN, programa no qual concluiu seu mestrado, no ano de 2008. Possui graduação em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (2005). Professora adjunta da UFRN.
  • Clayton Levy Lima de Melo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
    Doutor Ppelo Programa Multiinstitucional e Inter-regional de Pós-graduação em Ciências Contábeis UnB, UFPB e UFRN, programa no qual concluiu seu mestrado, no ano de 2008. Professor adjunto da UFRN.
  • Paulo Roberto Barbosa Lustosa, Universidade de Brasília
    Doutor em Contabilidade e Controladoria e Professor titular da UnB
  • César Augusto Tibúrcio Silva, Universidade de Brasília
    Doutor em Contabilidade e Controladoria e Professor titular da UnB

Published

2015-09-29

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How to Cite

Lucena, E. R. F. da C. V., Melo, C. L. L. de, Lustosa, P. R. B., & Silva, C. A. T. (2015). ETHICS: THE TREND OF ACCOUNTANTS DENOUNCE ACTS QUESTIONABLE. Revista De Contabilidade E Organizações, 9(24), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.11606/rco.v9i24.55421