ETHICS IS LIFE

The aim of this work is to portray the contribution of some selected religions to the development of accounting and ethical issues and practices. The study compares the ethical codes derives from Christianity, Islam, Buddha, and Jewish religions. These religions were selected for the purpose of this study. The study found out that the significant contribution from religions towards generating ethical accounting and business education serves as a great mechanism to eliminate fraud and the unlawful acts done by auditors and accountants. Auditing, accounting, and business firms should ensure regular training, seminar, or workshops in educating their personnel towards ethics education in both religion and profession.