期刊論文
| 學年 | 101 |
|---|---|
| 學期 | 2 |
| 出版（發表）日期 | 2013-06-01 |
| 作品名稱 | Auditors' moral philosophies and ethical beliefs |
| 作品名稱（其他語言） | |
| 著者 | Kung, Fan-Hua; Huang, Cheng-Li |
| 單位 | 淡江大學會計學系 |
| 出版者 | Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. |
| 著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 | Management Decision 51(3), pp.479-500 |
| 摘要 | Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of moral philosophy on the ethical beliefs of auditors. The paper argues that an individual's moral philosophy is the key factor in how one views ethical issues and largely determines the ethical choices one makes. The paper also seeks to discover the influence of personal values on the reasoning processes associated with ethics and to explore whether the personal value preferences of auditors, as a manifestation of their moral philosophy, influence their ethical beliefs and (presumably) their subsequent actions.
 
 Design/methodology/approach – The authors designed a survey instrument to assess the value preferences, moral philosophies, and reactions of practicing auditors to judgment dilemmas. They then employed structural equation modeling to examine the sensitivity of auditors to the competence and integrity of clients with the aim of gaining insight into the ethical beliefs of auditors in general.
 
 Findings – These results show that value preferences alone fail as predictors of ethical beliefs. Instead, personal values have an indirect influence on ethical beliefs via moral philosophy. Moreover, auditors strongly motivated by values based on self-enhancement were negatively associated with idealism in ethics and positively associated with relativism. Therefore, it can be concluded that idealist auditors were more likely to condemn the actions of clients that violated moral norms, while relativist auditors were more permissive.
 
 Originality/value – The results identify the role of moral philosophy as a mediator for the personal values and ethical beliefs of auditors, shedding light on how personal values can influence ethical sensitivity. |
| 關鍵字 | Auditor;Personal values;Moral philosophy;Ethical ideology;Ethical beliefs |
| 語言 | en |
| ISSN | 0025-1747 1758-6070 |
| 期刊性質 | 國外 |
| 收錄於 | SSCI |
| 產學合作 | |
| 通訊作者 | Kung, Fan-Hua |
| 審稿制度 | 是 |
| 國別 | GBR |
| 公開徵稿 | |
| 出版型式 | 紙本 電子版 |
| 相關連結 |
機構典藏連結 ( http://tkuir.lib.tku.edu.tw:8080/dspace/handle/987654321/80329 ) |