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| It's all about the ethics. |
Accountants
are one of the backbones that form a foundation in the corporate world. In them
the companies rely on their skills by creating financial reports of all sort,
with logical sense and transparency with regards of sales, expenditures,
acquisitions, opportunities and risks that drive the stakeholders of each
businesses of which action is deemed necessary to keep it profitable. However,
with logic pertaining by accountants come the arguments that these same people
have also problems in moral reasoning that may lead to unethical activities,
making it a highly sensitive issue that is needs to be addressed immediately.
According
to the research made by several authors like Gray, Eynon, Fleming, et al; they
stressed about accountants, both professionals and undergraduates as being
amoral, do not recognize the broader social responsibility, and worse, less
ethically aware than other professional groups. As for reading, based on my
prime knowledge being an accounting technology student, it seems to be a little
bit offensive that on accountant’s part, that such profession known to be
credible with so much technicalities is been treated by others as one of the
culprits of fraud that is made from greediness that is connived by some
associates. With this, it arise the question in my mind whether it really make
sense that such research and its contents may be found either be true or not,
and if it is true, does it apply to almost all of the accountants? Answering it
is indeed difficult, that from the perspective of an accounting undergrad, the
research results may give a glimpse of reality that is sensitive by nature.
Thus, such research study is worth to be reconsidering for each and every
accountant to improve moral awareness inasmuch as the profession is concerned.
As for me, the research may found to be partly true, citing the facts that with
the very nature of accounting at first glance that it only involves numbers
that must be accurate and is reflective to the company’s real financial
position that is stipulated by standards, with no moral attributes involved. However,
I do not fully agree with the idea of being amoral is prevalent among
accountants considering that these people are also concerned of being
responsible of the nature of the job in which I might say, is equal to being
ethically aware. In other words, accountants, both professionals and
undergraduates based on what I believe, are simply afraid of the possible
mistakes they made or simply, afraid of doing fraud that one’s credibility as
accountants lies at stake.
Therefore,
the research regarding the negative traits of the accountants is indeed a
wake-up call for all of those in the accounting field to work more with
empathy. Living with ethical principles is as being a civilized person who can
justified things. Thus, our field of work is one of the structures to keep the
economy going. But come to think also, we are humans. We can feel like the
others. If we enhance our moral awareness as equal as our analytic skills, then
being an accountant is indeed the best field, if not better, in the world of
business.
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