Investigating the Effect of Management Accountants' Characteristics on Ethical Decision-Making about Social Obligations

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of management accountants' characteristics on ethical decision-making about social obligations. The research method is based on the objective of the applied type, and in terms of its nature, it is a descriptive survey research. The sample was selected from among 250 people working in the profession of financial management, certified accountant, and management accounting in Khuzestan Folad Company in 1401 who are related to the subject and were studied by simple random sampling method. The data collection tool was a standard questionnaire containing 47 questions. The validity of the questionnaire was obtained and confirmed by the supervisor and experts, management experts, and its reliability by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for all variables greater than 0.7. In this research, 9 hypotheses were studied based on a conceptual model. In the current research, ethical decision-making is the dependent variable, and the attributes of management accountants (professional independence, professional dependence, self-monitoring, professional commitment, knowledge, and expertise, honesty in behavior, inherent fairness, and moral justice) as independent research variables and social commitments to the title is the modifier variable. Descriptive statistics (using PLS and SPSS software) and inferential statistics (using Amose software) were used for data analysis. The findings indicate the confirmation of all hypotheses and the appropriate fit of the research model. Therefore, there is a positive and significant effect on the characteristics of management