The following articles should be of interest to members of the Public Interest Section of the American Accounting Association. Thanks to all of you who continue to send in articles to be included in this column. If you would like your published research to be included in this column, please mail to: Sarah D. Stanwick, Associate Professor, School of Accountancy, 345 College of Business, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5247

Affirmative Action
Alexander, L. 1998. Affirmative action and legislative purpose. The Yale Law Journal 107 (8): 2679–2684.
KEYWORDS: Affirmative action; Judicial process; Constitutional law.

Bond, M., and J. Pyle. 1998. Diversity dilemmas at work. Journal of Management Inquiry 7 (3): 252–269.
KEYWORDS: Affirmative action; Employment policies; Multiculturalism.

Environmental Issues
Carrera, R. 1998. Getting started with environmental cost accounting. Environmental Quality Management 8 (1): 63–68.
KEYWORDS: Environmental compliance; Environmental accounting; Pollution control.

Hethcox, K., R. Riley, and J. Williams. 1998. Accounting for small business environmental issues. Part One: The breadth of environmental issues. The National Public Accountant 43 (5): 30–32.
KEYWORDS: Environmental accounting; Environmental liability; Accounting procedures.

Hethcox, K., R. Riley, and J. Williams. 1998. Accounting for small business environmental issues. Part Two: Environmental reporting and disclosure. The National Public Accountant 43 (6): 15–18.
KEYWORDS: Financial reporting; Environmental accounting; Statement of position.

Stanwick, S., and P. Stanwick. 1998. Brownfields: What the CFO must know about cleaning up these contaminated properties. The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance 9 (3): 67–78.
KEYWORDS: Brownfields; Economic redevelopment; Environmental accounting.

Stanwick, S., and P. Stanwick. 1998. How to choose the right environmental accounting software. The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance 9 (4): 65–73.
KEYWORDS: Environmental accounting; Environmental compliance; Computer software.

Ethics
Addington, L. 1998. The ethical dilemmas of working with clients with intermittent capacity. Journal of Financial Planning 11 (3): 94–100.
KEYWORDS: Financial planning; Legal ethics; Mental health.

Ehlen, K., and G. Sprenger. 1998. Ethics and decision making in healthcare. Journal of Healthcare Management 43 (3): 219–221.
KEYWORDS: Decision making; Health care industry; Managerial skills.

Guthrie, R., and J. Pick. 1998. Work ethic differences between traditional and telework employees. Journal of End User Computing 10 (4): 33–41.
KEYWORDS: Ethics; Telecommuting; Human resource planning.

Jones, T., and L. Ryan. 1998. The effect of organizational forces on individual morality: Judgment, moral approbation, and behavior. Business Ethics Quarterly 8 (3): 431–445.
KEYWORDS: Business ethics; Decision making; Organizational behavior.

Millet, I. 1998. Ethical decision making using the analytic hierarchy process. Journal of Business Ethics 17 (11): 1197–1204.
KEYWORDS: Decision making; Business ethics; Social responsibility.

Tenbrunsel, A. 1998. Misrepresentation and expectations of misrepresentation in an ethical dilemma: The role of incentives and temptation. Academy of Management Journal 41 (3): 330–339.
KEYWORDS: Decision making; Business ethics; Organizational behavior.

Thong, J., and C. Yap. 1998. Testing an ethical decision making theory: The case of softlifting. Journal of Management Information Systems 15 (1): 213–237.
KEYWORDS: Decision making; Information systems; Business ethics.

Upchurch, R. 1998. A conceptual foundation for ethical decision making: A stakeholder perspective in the lodging industry (USA). Journal of Business Ethics 17 (12):1349–1361.
KEYWORDS: Social responsibility; Business ethics; Planning.

Self-Regulation
Bingham, L. 1998. An overview of employment arbitration in the United States: Law, public policy and data. New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations 23 (2): 5–19.
KEYWORDS: Personnel policies; Public policy; Human resource planning.

Druckrey, F. 1998. How to make business ethics operational: Responsible care—An example of successful self-regulation? Journal of Business Ethics 17 (9/10): 979–985.
KEYWORDS: Business ethics; Social responsibility; Self-regulation.

Hood, C., O. James, G. Jones, C. Scott, and T. Travers. 1998. Regulation inside government: Where new public management meets the audit explosion. Public Money and Management 18 (2): 61–68.
KEYWORDS: Regulatory reform; Public sector organizations; Self-regulation.

Social Issues
Cappel, J., and L. Kappelman. 1998. The year 2000 problem and ethical responsibility: A call to action. Information Society 14 (3): 187–197.
KEYWORDS: Computer programming; Business ethics; Social responsibility.

Grimes, P., and P. Nelson. 1998. The social issues of pedagogy vs. the traditional principles of economics: An empirical examination. American Economist 42 (1): 56–64.
KEYWORDS: Social policy; Business education; Social issues.

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