Professor Wins Second Accounting Ethics Award
An article written by University of Scranton Doctor of Business (DBA) graduates Amanda S. Marcy, ’10, G’11, DBA ’21, assistant professor of accounting at The University of Scranton, and Ronald Douglas Parker, DBA ’21, assistant professor of accounting at Western Carolina University, received the 2023 Curt Verschoor Ethics Feature of the Year Award from the Institute of Management Accountants’ Committee on Ethics and Strategic Finance.
This is the second-time Dr. Marcy received the Curt Verschoor Ethics Feature of the Year Award. She received the award in 2020 for an article co-written with Douglas M. Boyle, D.B.A., chair of the University’s Accounting Department; James F. Boyle, D.B.A., assistant professor of accounting; and Daniel P. Mahoney, Ph.D., professor of accounting.
Drs. Marcy and Parker received the 2023 award for their article “The Value of Civility,” which examined the impact incivility has on the finance and accounting profession, as well as strategies organizations can use to combat incivility in the workplace. Their research indicated that “supervisor incivility significantly correlated to an employee’s overall job satisfaction and their intent to seek new job opportunities.” They stated in the article: “Of those who have experienced supervisor incivility, 24% indicated that they plan to leave their current employer within one year compared to only 6% of those that had never experienced such incivility.”
According to the survey Drs. Marcy and Parker conducted as part of their study, the incivility respondents cited that they had experienced by supervisors was “paying little attention to their opinions/statements (62%); doubting their judgment over a matter for which they were responsible (56%); putting them down or acting condescending toward them (47%); and ignoring or excluding them from professional camaraderie (44%).”
A Certified Public Accountant, Dr. Marcy was named assistant professor of accounting at Scranton in 2018 and previously served as a faculty specialist in the department. Previously, she worked as an accountant for Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Accounting Association and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Dr. Marcy earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting, her MBA specialized in accounting and her D.B.A. in accounting from The University of Scranton.
As a DBA student at Scranton, Dr. Parker and two of his accounting professors won a prestigious 2021 Institute of Management Accountants’ Lybrand Silver Medal for an article they co-authored. A resident of Franklin, North Carolina, Dr. Parker earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Carolina University.
The annual award is named in memory of Curtis C. Verschoor, a longtime member of the IMA Committee on Ethics, editor of the Strategic Finance Ethics column for 20 years, and a significant contributor to the development and revisions of the IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice. Verschoor was a passionate, renowned thought leader on ethics in accounting, having earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from Trust Across America-Trust Around the World for his leadership in and advocacy for trustworthy business practices.
The University of Scranton doctoral business administration degree changed to a Ph.D. in Accounting degree beginning in the 2022-2023 academic year.