The influence of organizational justice on accountant whistleblowing |
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Authors: | Deborah L Seifert John T Sweeney Jeff Joireman John M Thornton |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Accounting, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA;2. Department of Accounting, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA;3. Department of Marketing, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA |
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Abstract: | In this research study, we apply the theory of organizational justice to the design of whistleblowing policies and procedures. As a pro-social behavior, we posit that employee whistleblowing is likely to increase when organizational whistleblowing procedures, outcomes, and related exchanges with superiors are perceived as fair. We test our hypotheses with an experiment involving 447 internal auditors and management accountants. Our results indicate that whistleblowing policies and mechanisms incorporating higher levels of procedural justice, distributive justice, and interactional justice were perceived to increase the likelihood that an organizational accountant would internally report financial statement fraud. |
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