A Comparative Study of the Effect of Web-Based Versus In-Class Textbook Ethics Instruction on Accounting Students’ Propensity to Whistle-Blow

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McManus, Lisa
Subramaniam, Nava
James, Wendy
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2012
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The authors examined whether accounting students' propensity to whistle-blow differed between those instructed through a web-based teaching module and those exposed to a traditional in-class textbook-focused approach. A total of 156 students from a second-year financial accounting course participated in the study. Ninety students utilized the web-based module whereas 66 students were instructed through a traditional teaching approach based on ethical problems presented in the textbook. Subsequently, when presented with a whistle-blowing situation, it was found that students exposed to a web-based ethics instruction module were more likely to whistle-blow than those students exposed to a traditional in-class textbook ethics instruction approach.

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Journal of Education for Business

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87

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6

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© 2012 Routledge, Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Education for Business, Volume 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 333-342. The Journal of Education for Business is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article.

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Accounting, Auditing and Accountability not elsewhere classified

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Business and Management

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