The subject of the research is the growing criticism of the phenomenon of creative accounting in modern economic systems. The main purpose of the article is to study the issues related to creative accounting and find out whether it is possible, through organizational culture and corporate governance principles, to influence accountants’ decisions regarding the use of creative accounting. The research methodology is based on theoretical and empirical research. The authors have tried to explain the phenomena of creative accounting and distinguish creative accounting from the anomalies of accounting fraud. The main result of the research is proof that it is possible and necessary to apply the leadership concept to reduce the negative consequen...