Developing Rest's Model to Examine the Relationship between Ethical AccountingEducation and International Education Standard 4(IES 4) Principles
Dr. Laila M. Al-Taweel
Abstract
This paper is designed to develop Rest's Model by adding new constructs, in orderto reexamine the relationship
between ethical accounting education and the IFAC's principles (based on IES 4). Based on a survey instrument,
a self-evaluation scale is used to assess the components of the revised model in order to enhance the compliance
with IFAC's principles (IES 4). Data was collected from a sample of 125 professional accountants in Syria.
Findings support the revised Rest's Model; ethics education for professional accountants would promote ethics
sensitivity, which in turn provokes the compliance with IFAC's principles through intervening constructs.
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