Finding the ethics path through the digital jungle

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  1. What is impacting on the skills that accountants need?

  2. Why will ethics become even more important for accountants in the future?

  3. How many accountants said they were pressurised to compromise their ethics in the past 12 months according to the research?

  4. What percentage of boardroom executives questioned said they had seen accountants acting unethically from time to time?

  5. Of those accountants who felt under pressure to compromise their ethics, what issues, for most, were at risk?

  6. A significant number of accountants do not report unethical behaviour. Why?

  7. What ethical behaviours are most at risk in a digital age?

  8. What is the best way, according to most accountants questioned, to ensure ethical behaviour in the workplace?

  9. What skills will accountants have to learn to retain their ethics in a digital world?

  10. How important, according to the report, is ethics to accountants?