ACCOUNTING BETWEEN LAW, ETHICS AND MORALITY

Anca-Simona N. Hromei and Maria-Madalina I. Voinea
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Anca-Simona N. Hromei: Doctoral School of Economics and Business Administration,"Al.I.Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania
Maria-Madalina I. Voinea: Doctoral School of Economics and Business Administration,"Al.I.Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania

SEA - Practical Application of Science, 2013, issue 2, 131-136

Abstract: This paper deals with the fact that nowadays, society and business, show high expectations regarding the accounting discipline, and therefore professionals in this area should expand their horizons to meet all requirements. First of all, accounting assumed a certain responsibility to the public interest, by its fundamental purpose, namely to provide financial-accounting information, information that will form the basis of decision making. Second of all, for the successful fulfilment of the public responsibilities, accountants must rely on elements of doctrine, ethics, or ethics and morality. The study wants to show the importance of the accounting discipline, which has begun to increasingly focus on the creation of a moral or ethical basis, putting these issues on the same level with respecting the law. The boundary between what is legal but not ethical or moral is very small, and there were many business cases where unethical behaviour led to business failure.

Keywords: ethics in accounting; morality; public responsibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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