Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum
This study aims to investigate ethics education in the accounting curricula of public universities in Malaysia based on the perception of the educators. Specifically, the study explores preparedness of educators in teaching ethics, preferred methods of ethics instruction, and educators’ perceptio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Malaysian Accountancy Research and Education Foundation
2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/41517/1/MAR_13_1_2014.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/41517/ http://www.myjurnal.my/public/browse-journal-view.php?id=198# |
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| Institution: | Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This study aims to investigate ethics education in the accounting curricula
of public universities in Malaysia based on the perception of the educators.
Specifically, the study explores preparedness of educators in teaching ethics,
preferred methods of ethics instruction, and educators’ perceptions of the
importance of ethics integration. A questionnaire survey was distributed to
370 accounting educators in various public universities in Malaysia. The
data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
(SPSS) software. Basically, rudimentary statistical analysis techniques of
frequency, percentage and central tendency were used to answer the research
questions. The findings revealed that accounting educators agree on the
importance of ethics education to satisfy the profession’s needs. However,
different opinions exist among educators on the adequacy of ethics education
scope. The present study is one of the few studies that explore the current
status of ethics integration in the accounting curriculum or the perception
of accounting educators on this issue particularly from a developing country
perspective. |
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