• Find People
  • Campus Map
  • PiratePort
  • A-Z
    • About
    • Submit
    • Browse
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • ECU Main Campus
    • Honors College
    • View Item
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • ECU Main Campus
    • Honors College
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of The ScholarShipCommunities & CollectionsDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate SubmittedThis CollectionDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate Submitted

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Google Analytics Statistics

    Media and Fraud - Accounting and Accountability

    Thumbnail
    View/ Open
    CHAPPELL-HONORSTHESIS-2019.pdf (80.44Kb)

    Show full item record
    Author
    Chappell, Taylor J
    Abstract
    Media can play a huge role in the decisions of individuals. However, how media coverage impacts individuals’ decisions in an accounting setting has not been addressed in the literature. My research question is: does media coverage directly influence an individual’s likelihood to commit fraud? In my study, “committing fraud” is defined as making an overly aggressive accounting choice. This study was conducted using the MBA and MSA students. After administering the survey face-to-face, I gathered 96 responses to be used for analysis. findings show that individuals are more likely to report aggressively in the control condition, where their company has a neutral portrayal in the media in comparison to a company that has either a strong positive or strong negative portrayal in the media. My study finds that positive and negative media coverage made people more likely to report less revenue, which in my scenario, represents a less aggressive accounting choice. This demonstrates the significance of media on an individual’s actions, which hasn’t been tested previously in the accounting field.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8665
    Subject
     media; fraud; revenue recognition 
    Date
    2019-12-12
    Citation:
    APA:
    Chappell, Taylor J. (December 2019). Media and Fraud - Accounting and Accountability (Honors Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8665.)

    Display/Hide MLA, Chicago and APA citation formats.

    MLA:
    Chappell, Taylor J. Media and Fraud - Accounting and Accountability. Honors Thesis. East Carolina University, December 2019. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8665. September 23, 2023.
    Chicago:
    Chappell, Taylor J, “Media and Fraud - Accounting and Accountability” (Honors Thesis., East Carolina University, December 2019).
    AMA:
    Chappell, Taylor J. Media and Fraud - Accounting and Accountability [Honors Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; December 2019.
    Collections
    • Honors College
    Publisher
    East Carolina University

    xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.ItemViewer.elsevier_entitlement

    East Carolina University has created ScholarShip, a digital archive for the scholarly output of the ECU community.

    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Send Feedback