Incorporating International Accounting into the MBA Curriculum: Exploring Implications of the Financial Reporting Crisis of 2001–2009

Langmead, Joseph M.; Sedaghat, Ali M.; Unger, Michael L.

doi:10.1080/08975930.2010.483891

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“…For instance, corporate scandals and ethical dilemmas at BP, WorldCom, Barclays and Enron, among others, were partly attributed to the failure by business schools to produce ethical leaders (Enrich and Muñoz, 2011). Following the global financial crisis in 2007-8, part of the blame was apportioned to business schools and, in particular, to MBA programmes (Thomas and Cornuel, 2012;Langmead et al, 2010). With the escalating growth in corporate scandals and ethical dilemmas, the MBA curriculum has been vilified (Gruber and Schlegelmilch, 2013).…”

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“…Given that many of these scandals involved business leaders as well as public and elected administrators, it is imperative that business ethics be covered in MBA curricula. The importance of ethics is shared by Langmead et al (2010), who recommend more emphasis on the subject in the MBA curriculum in order to avoid the recurrence of the global financial crisis, which was characterized by glaring lapses in ethical oversight. This recommendation gains support from McTiernan and Flynn (2011), who argue that ethical education as opposed to regulation is a potential long-term solution to unethical business practices.…”

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A pilot study of MBA programmes in South Africa

Muposhi¹,

Dhurup²,

Martin³

et al. 2019

London Review of Education

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In recent years, Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes and their curricula have been subjected to substantial scrutiny. However, the majority of studies have been confined to business schools in Western countries. By comparison, much less research is available on MBA programmes in developing countries, particularly those in Africa. In an effort to address this gap, this article examines MBA programmes in South Africa by first situating them within the global MBA curriculum debate. It then notes the need to move away from a generalist MBA programme to a specialized MBA in line with emerging global trends. Finally, it suggests a multidisciplinary approach to the redesign of the MBA curriculum.

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Section: Curriculum Specifics Of South African Mba Programmesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A pilot study of MBA programmes in South Africa

Muposhi¹,

Dhurup²,

Martin³

et al. 2019

London Review of Education

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“…Also, one of the most prominent reasons behind that increase can be recent accounting and financial scandals. These scandals may lead lecturers and researchers to teach and reconsider about certain changes in accounting curriculum and focus on the issue that how can these areas (auditing/ethical issues/fraud) can be taught to students (Blanthorne et al, 2007;Gordon, 2011;Humphrey, 2005;Langmead, Sedaghat, & Unger, 2010;Ravenscroft & Williams, 2005;Ravenscroft* & Williams, 2004;Uysal, 2010). Blanthorne et al (2007) found that accounting educators recognize the importance of ethics education to satisfy the profession's needs.…”

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Research and trends in accounting education from 2009 to 2016: A content analysis of publication in selected journals

Acar

Aktaş

2018

International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research

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This review of accounting education literature and content analysis includes 516 articles published over eightyear period, 2009-2016, in nine accounting journals which are pressed in worldwide and Turkey. The main purpose of this paper is to organize and summarize most recent focal points of accounting education literature. The data were examined via content analysis and presented using descriptive statistical methods. We categorized the literature into five sections corresponding to traditional lines of inquiry (curricular issues, learning and assessment, educational technology, issues about faculty and students). According to the results, "assurance of learning and assessment" and "curricular issues" were the topics mostly focused on in the articles. Also moving in the same direction with the dynamism of financial world; auditing, ethical issues and fraud gain more importance.

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