Comprometimento e ética profissional: um estudo de suas relações juntos aos contabilistas Commitment and professional ethics: a study of both amongst accouting professionals
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ÉticaÉtica Profissional
Códigos de Ética
Preceitos Éticos
Comprometimento
Ethics
Professional Ethics
Ethics Code
Ethical Precepts
Commitment
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Neste trabalho, apresenta-se um estudo das relações do comprometimento com a ética profissional junto aos profissionais da área contábil, na tentativa de averiguar se o nível de introjeção dos valores éticos influencia o seu nível de comprometimento. Na etapa empírica, foram utilizados dois instrumentos de mensuração, sendo um relativo ao comprometimento organizacional de Medeiros (2003), adaptado para a profissão, com 28 (vinte e oito) indicadores e outro com 20 (vinte), construído a partir do teorizado por Lisboa et al. (1997), que foi inspirado no código de ética do contador gerencial do Institute of Management Accountants, como um conjunto de quatro preceitos mínimos: a competência, o sigilo, a integridade e a objetividade, que na visão dos autores, representam as bases mínimas exigidas num código de ética, analisados a partir das técnicas de análise fatorial, regressão linear e test "t". Constatou-se que o comprometimento é influenciado pelo nível de introjeção ética e que existe diferenciação no comprometimento por parte das duas categorias profissionais: técnicos e contadores. O resultado do estudo mostra que o profissional de nível superior tem seu comprometimento influenciado diretamente pelo nível de introjeção dos deveres éticos da profissão em quatro bases diferentes, e o técnico em contabilidade em duas. O estudo mostra, também, que a objetividade é o maior preditor do comprometimento, sendo esse mais bem evidenciado pelos aspectos instrumentais e normativos, possibilitando considerar que as relações de troca e de necessidade se apresentam como salientes diante da atuação ética dos contabilistas.<br>This paper presents a study in commitment issues related to professional ethics amongst professionals in Accounting. It aims to verifying whether the introjections of ethical values influence commitment level. In the empirical phase of the research, two measurement instruments were used, one related to organizational commitment, Medeiros (2003) that was adapted to the profession, with 28 (twenty-eight) indicators and the other one with 20 (twenty). This was done considering Lisboa et al (1997) that was inspired on the ethics code of managerial accounting of the Institute of Management Accountants. The documents relate four minimal ethical precepts: competence, secrecy, integrity and objectiveness; all of which from the authors’ point of view, represent the minimal basis required on an ethics code. They were analyzed from the factorial analysis and the "t" test and it was found out that the commitment issue is influenced by the level of ethical introjections and that there is a differentiation on commitment amongst technicians and accountants. Study results show that the professionals of higher education have their commitment level influenced directly by the introjections of the ethical duties of the profession in four different instances. As for the accounting technician, there are two instances. The study also indicates that objectiveness is the greatest predictor in commitment and this is better shown by normative and instrumental aspects. Therefore, it allows to inferring that relations based on exchange of needs is presented here as a key factor in the ethical performance of accountants.Date
2007-08-01Type
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