The effects of professional ethics and commitment on audit quality

This paper presents a study on the effects of professional ethics and commitments on audit quality. The population of this survey includes all audit managers who were active in auditing official statements of different firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange in 2014. The study designs a questionnaire...

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Main Authors: Aliasghar Nasrabadi, Aliakbar Arbabian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2015-11-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol5/msl_2015_93.pdf
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description This paper presents a study on the effects of professional ethics and commitments on audit quality. The population of this survey includes all audit managers who were active in auditing official statements of different firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange in 2014. The study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among 152 randomly selected managers. In our survey, professional ethics consists of four items including confidentiality and impartiality, professional competence, accountability and individual values while organizational commitment consists of three items including emotional commitment, continues commitment and fundamental commitment. Using Pearson correlation as well as regression models, the study has determined a positive and meaningful relationship between professional ethics as well as commitment and audit quality.
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spelling doaj-art-e6bc05885c79445abcd133fe774b0e512025-08-20T03:26:00ZengGrowing ScienceManagement Science Letters1923-29341923-93432015-11-015111023102810.5267/j.msl.2015.8.009The effects of professional ethics and commitment on audit qualityAliasghar Nasrabadi Aliakbar ArbabianThis paper presents a study on the effects of professional ethics and commitments on audit quality. The population of this survey includes all audit managers who were active in auditing official statements of different firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange in 2014. The study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among 152 randomly selected managers. In our survey, professional ethics consists of four items including confidentiality and impartiality, professional competence, accountability and individual values while organizational commitment consists of three items including emotional commitment, continues commitment and fundamental commitment. Using Pearson correlation as well as regression models, the study has determined a positive and meaningful relationship between professional ethics as well as commitment and audit quality.http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol5/msl_2015_93.pdfAudit qualityProfessional ethicsCommitmentTehran Stock Exchange
spellingShingle Aliasghar Nasrabadi
Aliakbar Arbabian
The effects of professional ethics and commitment on audit quality
Management Science Letters
Audit quality
Professional ethics
Commitment
Tehran Stock Exchange
title The effects of professional ethics and commitment on audit quality
title_full The effects of professional ethics and commitment on audit quality
title_fullStr The effects of professional ethics and commitment on audit quality
title_full_unstemmed The effects of professional ethics and commitment on audit quality
title_short The effects of professional ethics and commitment on audit quality
title_sort effects of professional ethics and commitment on audit quality
topic Audit quality
Professional ethics
Commitment
Tehran Stock Exchange
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