10th Ethics Research Symposium

Accounting Ethics Education and Research at a Crossroads

Noon Saturday, August 6, 2005 through Noon Sunday, August 7, 2005
Paper Submission deadline is April 1, 2005

The Professionalism and Ethics Committee of the American Accounting Association invites faculty and doctoral students to attend the 10th Ethics Research Symposium that will take place just prior to the 2005 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The Symposium will focus on all aspects of accounting ethics research, including research on accounting ethics education.

Accounting ethics education is at a crossroads. It has been 15 years since this committee offered its first seminar on teaching ethics in accounting programs. How much ethics is covered in the accounting curriculum? What is the future of teaching ethics in accounting programs? Can accounting ethics be taught/learned? If yes, what are the best approaches, resources and strategies?

Accounting ethics research is also at a crossroads. How far has accounting ethics research come in becoming a mainstream research area? What exactly is accounting ethics research (e.g., what are its boundaries; what are its paradigms)? What is the past, present and future of accounting ethics research?

The 10th AAA Ethics Research Symposium will consider papers on all aspects of accounting ethics research, including research on accounting ethics education. Possible topics for research papers include, but are not limited to the following:

Academic accounting ethics; history issues relating to accounting ethics; professionalization of the accounting profession; social control and accounting; accounting ethics literature reviews; accounting ethics education; empirical studies relating to accounting ethics; the application of philosophy and/or theology to accounting ethics; the application of sociology, psychology, and/or cultural anthropology to accounting ethics and/or professionalism; conceptual papers analyzing what is necessary to advance accounting ethics education and/or accounting ethics research to greater prominence.

The numbers of tracks and the final format of the Symposium will be determined later. A goal of the 10th Ethics Research Symposium is to be a launching pad for accounting ethics research and accounting ethics education for new prominence in the remainder of the first decade of the 21st century and beyond.

The Symposium will take place at the Hilton San Francisco as a Continuing Professional Education session, right before the 2005 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting. The registration fee, the cost of which will be announced in the future, will be waived for doctoral students wishing to attend.

Papers for consideration for presentation at the Ethics Research Symposium should be emailed in an attachment (please eliminate from the paper you attach any way of identifying yourself). We hope to have awards for (a) the best paper accepted for the Symposium and (b) the best paper accepted for the Symposium that is either single authored by a doctoral student or coauthored by two or more doctoral students. Please identify all authors, their positions, and affiliations in the email but not on the paper. A $20 submission fee, which is not refundable and is in addition to the registration fee, made payable to the American Accounting Association, should accompany each paper submitted, including those by doctoral students. Papers should be emailed and checks should be mailed no later than April 1, 2005 to:

Dr. Stephen E. Loeb
Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-1815
Phone: (301) 405-2207
Email: sloeb@rhsmith.umd.edu

Please contact Steve Loeb if more information is needed.

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