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Taxing Times: An Educational Intervention to Enhance Moral Reasoning in Tax EDiNEB Annual Conference 2013 Milton Keynes June 5th-7th Dr. Elaine Doyle University of Limerick 1 In summary… Methodology Literature Results Conclusions 2 Tax Practitioners and Ethics OECD Report Tax avoidance and ‘unacceptable’ tax planning Growing concern regarding the ethical behaviour of tax practitioners Recognition of an ethical dimension to tax in literature and beyond 3 4 Cognitive moral development (CMD) Before reaching a decision about how to behave ethically in specific situations, ethical or moral reasoning takes place at a cognitive level The psychology of moral reasoning aims to understand thought processes about moral dilemmas, i.e., the state of mind of the decision maker and the processes individuals use in approaching dilemmas 5 Kohlberg’s 6 stage model of moral development (1973) Pre-conventional: focuses on the individual Conventional: focuses on the group and relationships Post-conventional: focuses on the inner self and personally held principles 6 Moral reasoning assessment Rest and the Defining Issues Test (DIT) The P score 7 Education and Moral Reasoning Prior research has shown that education enhances moral reasoning development (3050%) (Bebeau & Thoma, 2003) “prods students to re-examine their thoughts about the moral basis of society and to value post-conventional reasoning more and more” (Rest 1999) Moral reasoning can be enhanced through certain forms of instruction, labelled intervention studies (Rest, 1986) Many studies suggest a deficiency in the CMD of accounting students and accountants! Context important (Doyle et al., 2012) 8 Research Objective To design an effective tax context-specific ethical intervention and to test its effectiveness in enhancing cognitive moral development using an instrument designed to capture moral reasoning in a tax domain as well as in the broad social domain typically examined 9 Research Methods 1. 2. 3. 4. Development of an educational intervention Metrics for measuring effectiveness (pre and post intervention / DIT & TPDIT) Students’ perceptions of salient issues Focus group with students 10 Intervention – On-Line 11 Findings On-line Discussion contributions Pre and post moral reasoning scores Focus Group findings 12 Benefit from Tax Revenue Culture General Views Legal Rules Discussions Personal responsibility & Professionalism Junior Status Pleasing client/boss Personal Gains 13 Moral Reasoning Scores 14 Moral Reasoning Scores 15 Benefits DIT Scores Focus Group Content & logistics Suggestions 16 Conclusions Place for ethics in business? Compliance with the law Career reasons to be ethical Low level moral reasoning Powerlessness in face of organisational hierarchy We need to do more as educators to arm students with tools they need Intervention effective per focus group findings Whole programme approach necessary Importance of context Improving the intervention 17 Questions and feedback? 18