This paper examined ways by which nonconformity to confidentiality among accounting academics could lead to increased-recruitment-and-legal-costs to their employing universities in Ghana that offered accounting degree programmes. With a cross-sectional design, data collected from 1,225 accountants analysed via Cronbach's alpha,…

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to (a) investigate the connections between aspects of organizational cultures and employees' propensity to file claims and/or engage in litigious conduct against their organization, (b) ascertain behaviors of managers and supervisors implicitly sanctioned by the organization's culture that trigger employees…

This study of two cases of sexual harassment investigates employee perceptions and organizational characteristics associated with policy and implementation procedures in two public school districts in New York State which experienced different outcomes to litigation in response to formal complaints of sexual harassment. Using documentary evidence…

A study explores how and to what extent eight Indiana newspapers in six communities use attorneys in the editorial process and to resolve disputes. Editors who supervise the newsrooms of the eight papers were interviewed using a questionnaire composed of both closed and open-ended questions. Results indicated that newspapers in the larger…

The problem of choosing among sentencing alternatives based on probation reports are confronted in a classroom simulation of a sentencing hearing. (Author/KM)