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To Cite this Article: Ahmad, N. L. bt, Yusof, R. bt, Mustaffa, W. S. bt W., Wahid, H. bt A., & Halim, H. bt A. (2019). Developing Ethical Accounting Students through Incorporating Islamic Ethics into Accounting Curriculum: The Educator’s Perspectives. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(1), 248–270.
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