In a June 1997 paper published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Sharon Green and James Weber reported the results of a study of moral reasoning of accounting students prior to and after taking an auditing course. The study also compared the results between accounting and nonaccounting students prior to the auditing course. The authors found that (1) accounting students, after taking an auditing course that emphasized the AICPA Code, reasoned at higher levels than students who had not taken the course; (2) there were no differences in moral reasoning levels when accounting and nonaccounting majors were compared prior to an auditing course; and (3) there was a significant relationship between the students’ levels of ethical development and the choice of an ethical versus unethical action.66 Do you think that taking an Accounting Ethics course would affect your level of moral development and ability to reason through ethical issues? Why or why not?
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