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Perception of Diploma in Accountancy students on ethics education

The aim of this study is to determine the perception of Diploma in Accountancy (DIA) students on whether ethics should be integrated into the DIA curriculum.This study also investigates the reasons for their opinion.In order to meet these objectives, 100 questionnaires were distributed to final year...

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Main Authors: Zainal Abidin, Nor Sharizad, Abdul Hamid, Fatima
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2017
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HF5601 Accounting
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spelling my.uum.repo.210192017-02-23T02:54:21Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/21019/ Perception of Diploma in Accountancy students on ethics education Zainal Abidin, Nor Sharizad Abdul Hamid, Fatima HF5601 Accounting The aim of this study is to determine the perception of Diploma in Accountancy (DIA) students on whether ethics should be integrated into the DIA curriculum.This study also investigates the reasons for their opinion.In order to meet these objectives, 100 questionnaires were distributed to final year DIA students of Kolej Professional MARA (KPM).Based on the findings from 96 respondents, two-thirds majority were in support of ethics education in the DIA programme.These students, who agree to ethics integration, were primarily of the opinion that ethics was crucial to the accounting profession, and if ethics were not taught, ethical scandals involving the profession would persist.On the other hand, the one-third minority, who disagree that ethics should be integrated, were mainly of the opinion that there were insufficient materials to teach ethics, accounting lecturers were unwilling or lacked qualifications to teach ethics, and ethical training could not take place in a classroom setting.These concerns of the DIA students should be taken into consideration by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and KPM, should they want to be in line with Halatuju 3. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/21019/1/shsconf_four2017%201%206vviv.pdf Zainal Abidin, Nor Sharizad and Abdul Hamid, Fatima (2017) Perception of Diploma in Accountancy students on ethics education. In: 17th Annual Conference of the Asian Academic Accounting Association (2016 FourA Conference), 20-22 November 2016, Kuching, Sarawak. http://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20173406004 doi:10.1051/shsconf/20173406004
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Zainal Abidin, Nor Sharizad
Abdul Hamid, Fatima
Perception of Diploma in Accountancy students on ethics education
description The aim of this study is to determine the perception of Diploma in Accountancy (DIA) students on whether ethics should be integrated into the DIA curriculum.This study also investigates the reasons for their opinion.In order to meet these objectives, 100 questionnaires were distributed to final year DIA students of Kolej Professional MARA (KPM).Based on the findings from 96 respondents, two-thirds majority were in support of ethics education in the DIA programme.These students, who agree to ethics integration, were primarily of the opinion that ethics was crucial to the accounting profession, and if ethics were not taught, ethical scandals involving the profession would persist.On the other hand, the one-third minority, who disagree that ethics should be integrated, were mainly of the opinion that there were insufficient materials to teach ethics, accounting lecturers were unwilling or lacked qualifications to teach ethics, and ethical training could not take place in a classroom setting.These concerns of the DIA students should be taken into consideration by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and KPM, should they want to be in line with Halatuju 3.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zainal Abidin, Nor Sharizad
Abdul Hamid, Fatima
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Abdul Hamid, Fatima
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title Perception of Diploma in Accountancy students on ethics education
title_short Perception of Diploma in Accountancy students on ethics education
title_full Perception of Diploma in Accountancy students on ethics education
title_fullStr Perception of Diploma in Accountancy students on ethics education
title_full_unstemmed Perception of Diploma in Accountancy students on ethics education
title_sort perception of diploma in accountancy students on ethics education
publishDate 2017
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/21019/1/shsconf_four2017%201%206vviv.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20173406004
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