Publication trends in research on professional responsibility and ethics in accounting and research on accounting ethics, and a database of the articles

The authors have developed, and intend to maintain indefinitely, a current database of articles published in Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting and its predecessor, Research on Accounting Ethics. Authors of all articles in volumes 1 (1995) through 13 (2008) were contacted for key words, and the authors assigned key words in the event of nonresponse. The database is in an Excel 2007 “xlsm” (macro-enabled) file, and is searchable by words or phrases in the key words, author names, and title fields. Feedback from authors and users is encouraged. The article includes instructions on use of the database. In addition, some observations are offered about trends, based on the increased and decreased use of key words across the life of the series, and a table allows the readers to draw their own conclusions about words of interest.