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Ethical Dilemmas in Auditing: Dishonesty or Unintentional Bias?

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  • Andrés Guiral
  • Waymond Rodgers
  • Emiliano Ruiz
  • José Gonzalo

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  • Andrés Guiral & Waymond Rodgers & Emiliano Ruiz & José Gonzalo, 2010. "Ethical Dilemmas in Auditing: Dishonesty or Unintentional Bias?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 91(1), pages 151-166, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:91:y:2010:i:1:p:151-166
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0573-3
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    1. Emiliano Ruiz-Barbadillo & Nieves Gomez-Aguilar & Cristina De Fuentes-Barbera & Maria Antonia Garcia-Benau, 2004. "Audit quality and the going-concern decision-making process: Spanish evidence," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(4), pages 597-620.
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    5. Andrés Guiral‐Contreras & Jose A. Gonzalo‐Angulo & Waymond Rodgers, 2007. "Information content and recency effect of the audit report in loan rating decisions," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 47(2), pages 285-304, June.
    6. Tucker, Robert R. & Matsumura, Ella Mae & Subramanyam, K. R., 2003. "Going-concern judgments: An experimental test of the self-fulfilling prophecy and forecast accuracy," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 22(5), pages 401-432.
    7. Jennifer R. Joe, 2003. "Why Press Coverage of a Client Influences the Audit Opinion," Journal of Accounting Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(1), pages 109-133, March.
    8. Waymond Rodgers & Andrés Guiral & José Gonzalo, 2009. "Different Pathways that Suggest Whether Auditors’ Going Concern Opinions are Ethically Based," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 86(3), pages 347-361, May.
    9. Mark L. DeFond & K. Raghunandan & K.R. Subramanyam, 2002. "Do Non–Audit Service Fees Impair Auditor Independence? Evidence from Going Concern Audit Opinions," Journal of Accounting Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(4), pages 1247-1274, September.
    10. Waymond Rodgers & Thomas Housel, 2004. "The effects of environmental risk information on auditors' decisions about prospective financial statements," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(3), pages 523-540.
    11. Ann Vanstraelen, 2002. "Auditor economic incentives and going-concern opinions in a limited litigious Continental European business environment: empirical evidence from Belgium," Accounting and Business Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(3), pages 171-186.
    12. Wynne W. Chin & Barbara L. Marcolin & Peter R. Newsted, 2003. "A Partial Least Squares Latent Variable Modeling Approach for Measuring Interaction Effects: Results from a Monte Carlo Simulation Study and an Electronic-Mail Emotion/Adoption Study," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 14(2), pages 189-217, June.
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