In The United States Accounting Profession, Will Minorities Make Different Ethical Decisions?

Relationship between of Ethical Approaches and Ethical Behavior in the Accounting Profession: The Trevino’s Developed Model

Background: Accountantschr('39') ethical decisions vary depending on the nature and scope of the ethical approaches involved in the conduct. The aim of this research is to investigate impact of ethical approaches of the Trevino’s developed model on the ethical behavior of accountants. Method: The present research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection, is a descriptive ...

Second-Hand Smoke Exposure at Home in the United States; Minorities’ Diminished Returns

Introduction: Educational attainment and poverty status are two strong socioeconomic status (SES) indicators that protect individuals against exposure to second-hand smoke. Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs), however, refer to smaller protective effects of SES indicators among ethnic minority groups such as Hispanics and Blacks, compared to non-Hispanic Whites. This...

Ethical Agreement and Disagreement about Obesity Prevention Policy in the United States

An active area of public health policy in the United States is policy meant to promote healthy eating, reduce overconsumption of food, and prevent overweight/obesity. Public discussion of such obesity prevention policies includes intense ethical disagreement. We suggest that some ethical disagreements about obesity prevention policies can be seen as rooted in a common concern with equality or w...

Health System Reform in the United States

In 2010, the United States adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. The controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most U.S. cit...

Accounting for software in the United States