2011-2012 AAA COMMITTEES

Professionalism and Ethics Committee

Charge

To acquaint accounting academics with ways and means of inculcating in students the centrality of professional and ethical behavior in their accounting careers, and to stimulate an interest among academics to include this dimension in their teaching.
To encourage and support accounting ethics education and scholarship in universities, and more broadly, to set a tone for instilling a greater sense of professionalism and ethical conduct in the practice and teaching of accounting. Specifically:
- Develop a bibliography of the literature exemplifying professionalism and ethical conduct that could be considered by academics for use in sensitizing students to the value of principled behavior in all aspects of professional life.
- Encourage the development of suitable forums for bringing to the attention to academics and students the centrality of professional and ethical conduct in an accounting career, including the desirability and practicability of incorporating appropriate teaching materials in an accounting curriculum.
- Continue to offer the Symposium on Ethics Research in Accounting in conjunction with the AAA Annual Meeting.
- Maintain/update the Ethics Link Library on the AAA website.

Membership

Meetings

Responsibilities

Fulfill the committee charter as above.
The Chair will have the opportunity three times every term-year to prepare and send a progress report which will be available for the Board of Directors to review at their next meeting. This report should include accomplishments and suggested modifications and should be sent to the AAA President, the committee’s Board of Directors Liaison, and staff liaison, Barbara Gutierrez (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org).

Chair
Stephen Loeb
University of Maryland
sloeb@rhsmith.umd.edu

Members

Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Mohammad (Ali) Abdolmohammadi Bentley University	mabdolmohamm@bentley.edu	2	08/2012
Andrew Felo Nova Southeastern University	af878@huizenga.nova.edu	2	08/2012
Cynthia Jeffrey Iowa State University	cjeffrey@iastate.edu	1	08/2012
Tim Louwers James Madison University	louwertj@jmu.edu	2	08/2012
Diane Roberts University of San Francisco	robertsd@usfca.edu	2	08/2012
Marty Stuebs Baylor University	Marty_Stuebs@baylor.edu	2	08/2012
John Sennetti Nova Southeastern University Co-Chair of Ethics Symposium during 2011–2012 *Chosen by Chair of P&E Committee	sennetti@nova.edu	2	08/2012
Michael Kraten Providence College Co-Chair of Ethics Symposium during 2011–2012 *Chosen by Chair of P&E Committee	kraten@aya.yale.edu	1	08/2012
Lori R. Fuller West Chester University Co-Chair of Ethics Symposium during 2012–2013 *Chosen by Chair of P&E Committee	lfuller@wcupa.edu	2	08/2013
Tara Shawver King's College Co-Chair of Ethics Symposium during 2012–2013 *Chosen by the Public Interest Section	tarashawver@kings.edu	2	08/2013

Board of Directors Liaison
To be determined.