| The accounting profession has always been revered to hold standards such as ethics, morals and integrity above anything and was considered as the backbone of the business world. Over the past decade with the many accounting scandals, the code of ethics and moral standards seem to have left many questions in the minds of the public and the shareholders of existing companies. Because of the accounting industry's tarnished reputation, it is evident that research needed to be completed to determine, if possible, how the problem started and what needs to be done to regain the confidence of those who question these standards. The results of this multiple qualitative methods study will help and determine, along with past studies, if ethics education should be part of the accounting curriculum and can ethics be taught to undergraduate accounting students. |
