Innovative ways to teach accounting ethics

Not everything is black and white in accounting, so it’s imperative to teach students how to ethically navigate the myriad shades of grey.

“What I find important is to make sure that people who took my class don't leave with just the impression that accounting is only about numbers and calculations, because these calculations have social and ethical implications,” said Berend van der Kolk, Ph.D., assistant professor of accounting at IE University in Madrid, who recently published an article on