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The Intention of Accounting Managers to Whistleblow in Situations of Questionable Ethical Dilemmas
Lynn H Clements, Florida Southern College
Tara J Shawver, King's College
ABSTRACT. There is an ethical climate of chaos in corporate America. But how is wrongdoing to be corrected, unless it is reported? And how can it be reported if employees are unwilling? The obvious answer is that whistleblowing needs to be encouraged. And to encourage whistleblowing, we need to better understand the whistleblower’s reasons for intending to blow the whistle. This paper utilizes an online survey of accounting managers to study the variables of justice, deontology, utilitarianism, relativism, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and ethical climate of an organization, as they relate to the intention to blow the whistle, both internally and externally.
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