Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting is devoted to publishing high-quality research and cases that focus on the professional responsibilities of accountants and how they deal with the ethical issues they face. The series features articles on a broad range of important and timely topics, including professionalism, social responsibility, corporate responsibility, ethical judgments, and accountability. The professional responsibilities of accountants are broad-based; they must serve clients and user groups whose needs, incentives, and goals may be in conflict....

This edition of Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting includes articles from a distinguished group of authors.  The topics cover many aspects of professional responsibility and ethics in accounting, including whistleblowing, professional skepticism, earnings management, cognitive style and ethics.

This latest volume of Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought, edited by Martin E. Persson, contains ten manuscripts, seven being previously unpublished, authored by C. Richard Baker during an academic career that spans four decades. Historical Developments in the Accountancy Profession, Financial Reporting, and Accounting Theory is divided into two thematic sections. The first covers developments in accounting thought on financial reporting and the accountancy profession, whereas the second section covers developments related to accounting measurements and theory. The historical...

This edition of Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting explores many aspects of professional responsibility and ethics in accounting, including Giving Voice to Values, Whistleblowing, Earnings Management, and Materiality.