KAR MANİPÜLASYON UYGULAMALARININ ETİK BAKIMDAN KABUL EDİLEBİLİRLİĞİ: ÖĞRETİM ELEMANLARI ÖRNEĞİ1

Bu çalışmanın hedefi, kar manipülasyonu uygulamalarının üniversitelerdeki işletme bölümlerinde görev yapan muhasebe ve finansman öğretim elemanları arasında etik olarak kabul edilebilirliğini ve etik yargıların çeşitli manipülasyon örnekleri karşısında değişip değişmediğini araştırmaktır. Bu araştırmayı gerçekleştirebilmek için, çeşitli devlet üniversitelerin işletme bölümlerinde görev yapan toplam 111 muhasebe ve finansman öğretim elemanına kar yönetimi senaryolarını içeren bir anket uygulanmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonuçları; öğretim elemanlarının etik yargılarının manipülasyonun kapsadığı döneme, manipülasyonun büyüklüğüne göre ve akademik unvanlar arasında farklılaşmadığını; buna karşın manipülasyonun türüne, yapılış amacına ve ait oldukları gruplar içinde ise önemli oranda farklılaştığını ortaya koymaktadır.

THE ETHICAL ACCEPTABILITY OF EARNINGS MANIPULATION PRACTICES: FACULTY STAFF EXAMPLE

The aim of this study is to investigate the ethical acceptibility of profit manipulation applications among the accounting and finance academicians in management departments of universities and whether the ethical judgments change in the face of various manipulation samples or not. For this study, a questionnaire including profit managing scenarios has been carried out with 111 accounting and finance academicians from various universities. Findings obtained from the analysis of the questionnaire show that academicians' ethical judgments do not differ according to the period of manipulation, the magnitude of manipulation or among the titles of the academicians; but on the other hand, significantly differ according to the type of manipulation, the aim of manipulation, and in the groups they belong to.

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  • ISSN: 1306-2174
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 2 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 2005
  • Yayıncı: Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi