Ethical Lessons for Accountants

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Article

Publication Date

11-1-2008

Publication Title

The CPA Journal

Abstract

According to the Dictionary of Criminal Justice Data Terminology, white-collar crime is “nonviolent crime for financial gain committed by means of deception by persons whose occupational status is entrepreneurial, professional, or semi-professional and utilizing their special occupational skills and opportunities.” For decades, the legal system has been relatively easy on whitecollar criminals.

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