Ethics principles in accounting and an application in Mersin

Abstract

In society, moral rules are all about society. The concept of ethics is also expressed as a Professional phenomenon at the same time as a social phenomen on. This research is designed to express the perception of accounting profession ethics and to set an example for the studies conducted on this field. The results of a survey , which was conducted to accounting profesionals working in Mersin province are given place in the direction in accordance with the purpose of this study. The obtained data were analyzed in the SPSS program and the findings were revealed. Factor analysis, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis tests are used to analyze the obtained data. The findings showed that participants has a positive perception related to professional accountants to behave in accordance with ethical principles and professional ethics. Moreover, it is seen that perception of participants vary with professional experience, gender, age and state of education.