Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid

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 'percep...

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Main Authors: Yin, Yin Win, Ismail, Suhaiza, Abdul Hamid, Fatima
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Published: Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Faculty of Accountancy & UiTM Press 2014
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spelling uitm-136752016-06-30T09:20:49Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13675/ Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid Yin, Yin Win Ismail, Suhaiza Abdul Hamid, Fatima Malaysia Malaysia Auditing. Auditors Education and state 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. Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Faculty of Accountancy & UiTM Press 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13675/1/AJ_YIN%20YIN%20WIN%20MAR%2014.pdf Yin, Yin Win and Ismail, Suhaiza and Abdul Hamid, Fatima (2014) Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid. Malaysian Accounting Review, 13 (1). pp. 1-25. ISSN 1675-4077
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Malaysia
Auditing. Auditors
Education and state
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Malaysia
Auditing. Auditors
Education and state
Yin, Yin Win
Ismail, Suhaiza
Abdul Hamid, Fatima
Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid
description 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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author Yin, Yin Win
Ismail, Suhaiza
Abdul Hamid, Fatima
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title Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid
title_short Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid
title_full Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid
title_fullStr Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid
title_full_unstemmed Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid
title_sort malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / yin yin win, suhaiza ismail and fatima abdul hamid
publisher Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Faculty of Accountancy & UiTM Press
publishDate 2014
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13675/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13675/1/AJ_YIN%20YIN%20WIN%20MAR%2014.pdf
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