Browsing Washburn Faculty Research by Subject "Accounting - Moral and ethical aspects"
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The Boundary Problem in Management Accounting: Moving Beyond Individual Ethics and Compliance
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2018-12-1)This paper looks at the problematic nature of intertwined boundaries as they have evolved over time. Traditional accounting literature takes firm boundaries as self-evident and is reluctant to question current institutional ... -
Ethics in the Grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-09-1)This critical incident describes a situation in which two airplanes crashed within five months of each other in, respectively, the Java Sea and Ethiopia. Both crashes involved the Boeing MAX jets, which were known for their ... -
Exploring Agency and Social Control through Comparative Biography : Robert Owen, Henry Ford, and E. Haldeman-Julius
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-08-1)Orthodox accounting and economic literature treats individuals as having full agency for rational decision making within the self-evident boundaries of a firm. Agency theory downplays the indirect mechanisms of social ... -
Pedagogical Praxis for Reflection on Issues in Financial Crises
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2018-12-1)This paper illustrates how a Freirean pedagogical framework can be applied to promote a praxis of critical reflection on financial crisis and its educational impact. Freirean pedagogical praxis eschews the 'banking' approach ... -
Voluntary Audits of Nonfinancial Disclosure and Earnings Quality: The Assurance of Corporate Social Responsibility Reports
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-09-1)We investigate the association between voluntary assurance of a firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) report and earnings management. CSR reporting is believed to benefit a firm by increasing understanding of risks ...