The Professionalism and Ethics Committee of the American Accounting Association and the Public Interest Section invite submission of papers for presentation at the 15th Annual Ethics Research Symposium to be held August 1, 2010 in San Francisco, CA. This Symposium will focus on ethics research and teaching within the field of accounting.

It has been 19 years since the Professionalism and Ethics Committee of the AAA offered its first seminar on teaching ethics in accounting curricula. The 15th Annual Ethics Research symposium encourages thoughtful papers in a number of different areas of accounting ethics scholarship. Sample topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Philosophical foundations of accounting and accounting ethics
• Accounting ethics vis-à-vis professional ethics
• Historical perspective on issues relating to accounting ethics
• Accounting ethics literature reviews
• Empirical studies relating to accounting ethics
• Application of sociology, psychology, and or political theory to ethical issues in accounting
• Critical studies of ethical lapses in business or accounting practice
• The ethical role of accounting in social and environmental reporting
• Conceptual papers analyzing what is necessary to advance accounting ethics education and/or accounting ethics research to greater prominence

The Symposium will take place as a Continuing Professional Education seminar immediately preceding the 2010 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Authors wishing to have papers considered for presentation at the Ethics Symposium should send their papers as an email attachment (please identify all authors, their positions, and affiliations in a cover page but not in the body of the paper). Papers should not have been published. Submissions will be peer reviewed. May 1, 2010, is the anticipated notification date of paper status.

Submission Fees have been waived. Papers should be sent by email no later than March 31, 2010:

Diane Roberts, Professor of Accounting
University of San Francisco, School of Business and Professional Studies
2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Telephone: (415) 422-6380
Email:  ethicsAAA@usfca.edu