The effect of dimensions of ethical decision making models on the professional judgment of auditors

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Department of Accounting, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The purpose of the research is to investigate the impact of the dimensions of ethical decision making models on the professional judgment of auditors. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population consists of chartered accountants working and active in audit institutions, members of the Chartered Accountant Society of Iran, and their number is equal to 1879 people. The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula and 319 people were studied using random sampling method. To measure the dimensions of ethical models, the questionnaire of Cohen et al. (1998) and Barinkova and Pike (2018) was used, and for the professional judgment of auditors, the questionnaire of Hart (2012) was used, which was validated and confirmed. To measure reliability, Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability were used, which have acceptable reliability. In order to test the hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used by Smart PLS4 software, and the results show that among the dimensions of Kohlberg's and Rust's ethical decision-making models, the dimensions of social responsibility, thinking styles, moral sensitivity, moral judgment, moral action, and moral motivation over judgment Professional auditors have a positive and significant impact. Also, among the dimensions of the model, the dimensions of pressures based on social conformity and organizational suspicion have a negative and significant effect on auditors' professional judgment.

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