Cynthia Jeffrey edits the re-titled Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting, beginning with volume 9. The broader scope encourages authors to submit papers on the topics of professional behavior and professional responsibility in addition to the areas of moral development or sensitivity to ethical issues. See the aims and scope below.

Description
Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting seeks to publish high-quality research and cases that focus on the professional responsibilities of accountants and how they deal with the ethical issues they face. The professional responsibilities of accountants are broad-based; they must serve clients and user groups whose needs, incentives, and goals may be in conflict. Further, accountants must interpret and apply codes of conduct, accounting and auditing principles, and securities regulations. Compliance with these professional guidelines is judgment-based, and characteristics of the individual, the culture, and situations affect how these guidelines are interpreted and applied, as well as when they might be violated. Interactions between accountants, regulators, standard setters, and industries also have ethical components. Research into the nature of these interactions, resulting dilemmas, and how and why accountants resolve them, is the focus of the annual volumes.

Theoretical papers, empirical studies, case studies, and teaching cases are particularly appropriate methodologies to address the focus of the annual volumes. They serve researchers, educators, policy makers, and practitioners by publishing research results and serving as a forum for the exchange of ideas.

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