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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| 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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| spelling | oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:136752016-06-30T09:20:49Z https://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 mar 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 https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13675/1/AJ_YIN%20YIN%20WIN%20MAR%2014.pdf Malaysian accounting educators' perceptions on ethics education in the accounting curriculum / Yin Yin Win, Suhaiza Ismail and Fatima Abdul Hamid. (2014) Malaysian Accounting Review <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Accounting_Review/>, 13 (1). pp. 1-25. ISSN 1675-4077 https://mar.uitm.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Malaysia 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 |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | Malaysia Malaysia Auditing. Auditors Education and state |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13675/1/AJ_YIN%20YIN%20WIN%20MAR%2014.pdf |
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