Business
This topic area has a
subsection just for searching “Accounting Literature”, which includes journals,
reports, and the Miller GAAP Guide. Also, the “News” and “Company
Information” subsections will also give you information on ethics and accounting
from many different sources. The “Company Information” subsection also gives
bankruptcy reports.
Legal Research
Subsections in this topic area will give you cases, laws, and journal articles dealing with ethics in the accounting profession. The subsection “Secondary Literature” will give you legal news and law reviews. Using any combination of company names, key players, or other keywords such as securities fraud; accounting fraud, etc. you can get a number of articles on ethics in accounting. Under the subsection “Case Law,” then “Federal Case Law,” will give you decisions from all federal court levels. Following are some examples of search terms that can be used for this subsection:
Keyword: Enron Corp. Keyword: Enron Corp.
Narrower Subj.: fraud Narrower Subj.: ------
Court: District Courts Court: Bankruptcy Courts
Keyword: Kenneth L. Lay
Narrower Subj.: Enron Corp.
Court: District Courts
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Keyword: WorldCom Keyword: WorldCom
Narrower Subj.: fraud Narrower Subj.: ------
Court: District Courts Court: Bankruptcy Courts
Keyword: WorldCom Inc
Narrower Subj.: Bernard Ebbers or Scott Sullivan or David Myers
Court: District Courts
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Keyword: Imclone Keyword: Martha Stewart
Narrower Subj.: fraud Narrower Subj.: Imclone
Court: District Courts Court: District Courts