Accounting Ethics (Foundations of Business Ethics) [Hardcover]

Ronald Duska (Author), Brenda Shay Duska (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 10, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0631216502 | ISBN-13: 978-0631216506 | Edition: 1

Accounting Ethics uses concrete examples and case studies, including current situations such as the Enron/Arthur Andersen debacle, to examine the ethical responsibilities of individual accountants as well as accounting firms.

• Offers a comprehensive overview of ethics in accounting, as well as an examination of and recommendations for solving the current crisis in this field.
  
• Investigates the nature and purpose of accounting.
  
• Uses concrete examples and case studies, including current situations such as the Enron/Arthur Andersen debacle.
  
• Examines the ethical responsibilities of individual accountants as well as accounting firms .

Editorial Reviews

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"Accounting Ethics is a book for our troubled times. The Duskas provide a basic primer on ethics for accounting that is helpful to accountants and non-accountants alike. They deftly weave the saga of Enron and Arthur Andersen through a practical and realistic presentation of accounting ethics."
--Thomas W. Dunfee, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

"This book is a long awaited and significant contribution to business ethics. At last, a book that addresses the full range of accounting, tax, and audit issues, integrating the perspective of the accounting profession with that of a trained ethicist. This is a must-read for everyone in the accounting profession and in business ethics. Bravo Duskas!"
--Patricia H. Werhane, Darden Graduate School, University of Virginia

"Accounting Ethics offers a superb, accessible introduction to the traditions and responsibilities of individual accountants and their firms."
--Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

"... the author's clear, practical, and jargon-free presentation makes this book a valuable resource or nonaccountants and required reading for every accountant and student of accounting."
--Choice, November 2003

"...this textbook is likely to be very useful. It is easy to read, informative and provides a good base for discussion."
--Stuart Turley, University of Manchester

"As a guide to the basic issues and ideas concerning ethics for students with little prior exposure to the debates in accounting and the theories in ethics, this text is likely to be very useful. It is easy to read, informative and provides a good base for discussion."
--European Accounting Review

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"Accounting Ethics is unique in its pragmatic approach to its subject matter, providing an effective balance between the practical elements of accounting and the thorny, sometimes more subtle ethical issues that confront its practitioners on a regular basis.  Its methodical and comprehensive examination of ethical theory and everyday accounting practice illuminates decision-making for both practitioners and others seeking to access this otherwise complicated topic."
—Laura P. Hartman, DePaul University

"This book should be read by anyone interested in accounting.  It shows how accounting and ethics are connected, and you can't be a good accountant without taking ethics into 'account.'"
—R. Edward Freeman, The Darden School, University of Virginia

Other reviews from the first edition:

"...this textbook is likely to be very useful. It is easy to read, informative and provides a good base for discussion."
—Stuart Turley, University of Manchester

"Accounting Ethics is a book for our troubled times. The Duskas provide a basic primer on ethics for accounting that is helpful to accountants and non-accountants alike. They deftly weave the saga of Enron and Arthur Andersen through a practical and realistic presentation of accounting ethics."
—Thomas W. Dunfee, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (March 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0631216502
• ISBN-13: 978-0631216506
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,031,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some Good Basic Information, Fair Overall, January 23, 2007

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Purplelabrador (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Accounting Ethics (Foundations of Business Ethics) (Paperback)

This short text offers some good basic background information on ethics and then goes on to apply this to accounting. The focus is on public accounting and audit in particular, though the discussion also applies to the accounting field in general. However, this text does not go beyond the basics, and anyone who has spent some time thinking about the subject will have confronted most of these issues already. Still a worthwhile sumamry.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accounting Ethics, January 17, 2012

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Purchased this book for an Accounting Ethics course I am taking. Easy and quick to read. Recommend to read for any accountant or future accountant.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best!!, July 23, 2011

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This review is from: Accounting Ethics (Foundations of Business Ethics) (Paperback)

this book is so small but contain of full informations for accountant! compare to other books in which sometimes provide crap informations, this one is just a superb!