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标题：Fostering values: four stages towards developing professional ethics for future accountants
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作者：Zaleha Othman ; Fathilatul Zakimi Abdul Hamid ; Rob Melville 等
期刊名称：SHS Web of Conferences
印刷版ISSN：2416-5182
电子版ISSN：2261-2424
出版年度：2017
卷号：34
页码：1-6
DOI：10.1051/shsconf/20173406006
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：The many accounting scandals occurred in the last three decades have change the perspective of accountant globally. As such, the higher institutions have to play their role in nurturing professional ethics in order to change the misconception towards the profession. Our observation of the literature indicates that incorporating professional ethics in higher institutions is a way forward towards developing future accountants with values. Henceforth, we conducted a generic inquiry study to explore how higher institutions could inculcate accounting graduates with professional ethics. Our findings show a conceptual framework which depicted four stages towards incorporating professional ethics at tertiary level education there are: 1) value development, 2) ethics maturation, 3) professionalism development and 4) ownership through effective implementation and enforcement. Consequently, the findings contribute to expanding the current knowledge in our conceptualisation of the professional ethics concept. In addition, the findings support the development of ethics education for accounting graduates in higher institutions in Malaysia. We consider that this study provides evidence to educators and policy makers that teaching methods and pedagogical policies should ensure professional ethics education in business schools in Malaysia is treated as a pervasive element of curricula rather than an optional choice.
关键词：Accounting students;ethics educational strategy;professional ethics;professional ethics development;professional ethics model;qualitative research