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Year 2017, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 373 - 378, 01.03.2017

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Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia

Year 2017, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 373 - 378, 01.03.2017

Abstract

The goals of ethics education include the fostering of awareness about ethical components in managerial decision making and assist the students to apply ethical analysis to daily business activities. It is claimed that the inclusion of ethics in accounting curriculum can give students guidance as to how to deal with the real business situations. This paper investigates the importance of ethical sensitivity of accounting students and how ethics education would affect them. Specifically, it attempts to examine how attending ethic classes would affect their decision making. Questionnaires were distributed to 114 final year accounting students at the beginning of the semester (pre) and at the end of the semester (post). Interviews were also conducted to understand the issues of the study. Paired sample t-tests were employed to analyze the data. The results appear to suggest that the final year accounting students understand the importance of ethics in general. The paired sample t-tests results show that after attending the ethic classes, their ethical sensitivity improved. However, when they were given some ethical situations to assess, the students indicated that they possessed moderate ethical sensitivity for both pre and post results.

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Other ID JA69FM27HR
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Suba Ranjini Nadaraja This is me

Mazlina Mustapha This is me

Publication Date March 1, 2017
Published in Issue Year 2017 Volume: 7 Issue: 1

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APA Nadaraja, S. R., & Mustapha, M. (2017). Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia. International Review of Management and Marketing, 7(1), 373-378.
AMA Nadaraja SR, Mustapha M. Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia. IRMM. March 2017;7(1):373-378.
Chicago Nadaraja, Suba Ranjini, and Mazlina Mustapha. “Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia”. International Review of Management and Marketing 7, no. 1 (March 2017): 373-78.
EndNote Nadaraja SR, Mustapha M (March 1, 2017) Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia. International Review of Management and Marketing 7 1 373–378.
IEEE S. R. Nadaraja and M. Mustapha, “Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia”, IRMM, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 373–378, 2017.
ISNAD Nadaraja, Suba Ranjini - Mustapha, Mazlina. “Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia”. International Review of Management and Marketing 7/1 (March 2017), 373-378.
JAMA Nadaraja SR, Mustapha M. Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia. IRMM. 2017;7:373–378.
MLA Nadaraja, Suba Ranjini and Mazlina Mustapha. “Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia”. International Review of Management and Marketing, vol. 7, no. 1, 2017, pp. 373-8.
Vancouver Nadaraja SR, Mustapha M. Ethical Sensitivity of Accounting Students: Evidence from Malaysia. IRMM. 2017;7(1):373-8.