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, Dans la suite de l'article, l'auditeur légal sera dénommé « auditeur

, La vision conséquentialiste ou utilitariste de l'éthique (Bentham 1789) analyse les conséquences des actions d'un individu, par opposition à la vision déontologique, qui prône le respect des règles comme fondement incontournable, 1785.

, Nous remercions le réviseur nous ayant permis d'améliorer sensiblement la méthodologie de ce papier en nous conseillant des méthodologies adaptées

, L'utilisation des observations de chacune des situations (et non la moyenne) ne modifie pas significativement les résultats obtenus

, Ces résultats non reportés sont disponibles auprès des auteurs

, Dans le cas français, il semblerait que les conflits d'intérêt ne soient que rarement mentionnés dans les chambres disciplinaires (Hottegindre et Lesage, 2009.