The Relationship Between Social Dominance and Moral Dis-Engagement: Evidence from the Auditing Profession

Ethics compliance is very important in the auditing profession. Ethical behavior as a social behavior depends on the attitude and social orientations of the society. One of these orientations is social dominance. So, the purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between social dominance and moral dis-engagement in the auditing profession. This research is a survey research and the statistical sample of the research includes 229 auditors working in auditing organizations and private auditing firms that listed  on  the Iranian  Association of Certified Public  Accountants .The information needed for the current research was collected by completing the questionnaire in 2022 and using the available sampling method. The results of the research show that moral dis-engagement and social domination are not significantly different between women and men, auditors of auditing organizations and private auditing firms, as well as among auditors with different educational levels. Also, research evidence confirms that there is a positive and significant relationship between social dominance and auditors' moral dis-engagement. Gender, work experience, education and place of employment of the auditor has no significant relationship with moral dis-engagement. The results of this research can inform policy makers of the auditing profession about the level of moral disengagement and social dominance of auditors and also the relationship between these two variables.