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Sandra Richtermeyer Named IMA Chair-Elect for Next Fiscal Year

The Nominating Committee of IMA is pleased to announce that Sandra (Sandy) B. Richtermeyer, Ph.D., CMA, CPA will serve as Chair-Elect of the IMA Board of Directors for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

 

IS-AAA Member Honored for Research on Ethical Decision-Making

Long-time AAA Information Systems Section member Dr. Murphy Smith of Texas A&M University, Dr. Katherine T. Smith of Texas A&M University, and Dr. Craig Keller of Missouri State University received the KPMG 2008 Outstanding Published Manuscript Award from the American Accounting Association Gender Issues and Work-Life Balance Section. The award-winning article appeared in Volume 18 of Critical Perspectives on Accounting: “Do Gender, Educational Level, Religiosity, and Work Experience Affect the Ethical Decision-Making of U.S. Accountants?” The authors received plaques and a $1,000 award from the Gender Issues and Work-Life Balance Section.

 

The KPMG Outstanding Published Manuscript Award is given each year at the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, held this past August in Anaheim, California. While Dr. Katherine Smith and Dr. Murphy Smith are in different fields, marketing and accounting, respectively, they have found some overlapping research interests in areas of ethics, gender, and work-life balance. Katherine says, “Business financial scandals keep the issue of ethics on the front page of business news. Understanding factors which shape the ethical standards of individuals will help educational institutions establish an effective ethics curriculum and help companies develop meaningful ethics training for their employees.” Findings of the study indicate that individual ethical perspectives are affected by gender, college level, religiosity, and work experience.

 

The issue of ethics is regarded as a fundamental component of the accounting profession. Murphy presented a workshop on teaching ethics at the Texas Society of CPAs Educators Conference, held in Houston in October. Murphy observes, "Faculty members in all business fields must do all that they can to motivate students to do the 'right' thing, even in difficult circumstances. Such motivation will serve students well during their college years and in their future careers.”

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Pictured left: Dr. Murphy Smith and Dr. Katherine T. Smith receive KPMG 2008 Manuscript Award.