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Book Synopsis Alternative Perspectives on Accounting in the Public Interest by : Charles Richard Baker
Download or read book Alternative Perspectives on Accounting in the Public Interest written by Charles Richard Baker and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Similar to other professional groups, the accounting profession has asserted that it serves the 'public interest' (Anderson-Gough, et al. 2002; Robson et al., 1994). However, the definition of exactly what constitutes the 'public interest' has been subject to considerable debate and there is no general agreement on its meaning (Baker, 2005; Sikka et al., 1989). The purpose of this article is to illustrate that there have been and continue to be differing perspectives regarding accounting in the public interest. For example, during the last thirty years, the interpretive and critical strands of the academic accounting literature have contributed various reflections regarding the co-opting of accounting rhetoric, philosophical perspectives, and discourse in an age of neoliberalism. A lack of similar research in the 'mainstream' accounting literature may indicate that there is a lack of interest regarding accounting in the public interest on the part of mainstream researchers. However, one reason for this difference may involve the definition of the 'public interest'. This article explores the definition of accounting in the public interest from different perspectives in the accounting discipline.
Book Synopsis Accounting for the Public Interest by : Steven Mintz
Download or read book Accounting for the Public Interest written by Steven Mintz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the opportunities and challenges facing the accounting profession in an increasingly globalized business and financial reporting environment. It looks back at past experiences of the profession in attempting to meet its public interest obligation. It examines the role and responsibilities of accounting to society including regulatory requirements, increased emphasis on corporate social responsibility, accounting fraud and whistle-blowing implications, internationalization of public interest obligations, and providing the education needed to be successful. The book incorporates an ethical dimension in making these assessments. Its focus is a conceptual, theoretical one drawing on classical philosophy, the sociology of professions, economic theory, and the public interest dimension of accountants as professionals. The authors of papers are long-time contributors to the annual symposium on Research in Accounting Ethics sponsored by the Public Interest Section of the AAA.
Book Synopsis Research Handbook on Financial Accounting by : Luz Parrondo
Download or read book Research Handbook on Financial Accounting written by Luz Parrondo and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through careful classification of the opportunities and challenges facing current financial regulatory bodies, the Research Handbook on Financial Accounting inspects the financial implications of our ever-changing modern economic and environmental climate.
Book Synopsis Accounting in Conflict by : Cheryl R. Lehman
Download or read book Accounting in Conflict written by Cheryl R. Lehman and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 19 of Advances in Public Interest Accounting responds to Global forces and accountability once again converge in this volume, illustrating the significant and multifaceted nature of the role of accounting in societies.
Book Synopsis Resistance and Accountability by : Cheryl R. Lehman
Download or read book Resistance and Accountability written by Cheryl R. Lehman and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do public spaces generate accountability and advance social equity? Stimulating the conversation, this volume explores the creation of meaning, the increasing confrontation between regulators and the community they are purported to serve, and the prevalent conflicts in seeking a balancing of social and economic interests.
Book Synopsis Practice-Relevant Accrual Accounting for the Public Sector by : Hassan Ouda
Download or read book Practice-Relevant Accrual Accounting for the Public Sector written by Hassan Ouda and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the necessary developments and adjustments that can be regarded as a promising starting point for making accrual accounting a more practice-relevant for the public sector entities. Specifically, the main focus is on Reshaping the application of accrual accounting principles and assumptions to fit the context of public sector entities; Developing a practice-relevant holistic accounting approach for governmental capital assets, which has been based on developing and reshaping the assets recognition criteria; Scope of general purpose financial reporting from an accountability perspective; Suggesting a sustainable accounting approach for reporting on the long-term fiscal sustainability; Developing a dynamic model for making public sector accrual accounting a more user practice relevant; and finally, Developing a theory of accounting information usefulness, which explains how cognitive aspects do influence the use/non-use of accounting information by the politicians. Fundamentally, the book has tackled these necessary developments and adjustments from both the producer’s and the user’s perspectives.
Book Synopsis Critical Accounts by : David J. Cooper
Download or read book Critical Accounts written by David J. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays which are a product of the First Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, held at the University of Manchester 1985. Accounting theory, policy, control of labour, alternative accounting calculations, power and the profession itself are discussed.
Book Synopsis Sustainable Markets for Sustainable Business by : Güler Aras
Download or read book Sustainable Markets for Sustainable Business written by Güler Aras and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the world the focus is on the relationship between ethics and governance codes and how widely this should be interpreted. Sustainability has three main accepted dimensions: economic growth, social responsibility, and environmental protection. It is a truly multidimensional and multidisciplinary concept, and one which directly affects the risks and opportunities for markets and businesses. In three distinct parts, Sustainable Markets for Sustainable Business explores the relationship between markets and business and sustainable development, as well as issues such as climate change, pollution, land degradation and biodiversity loss. Firstly the authors, all experts from around the world, consider a variety of theoretical issues concerned with sustainability in the new environment. In Part Two the emphasis is on looking at these issues in the market and business practice under various guises. Although every chapter contains discussion and recommended solutions, the final part specifically focuses on future perspectives and the solution strategies for implementation of sustainability measures. Throughout the book the authors address the need for business and market sustainability reforms. The world's markets have the potential to improve the lives of billions in developing countries, reducing poverty and securing environmental quality for future generations. Often they fail to capture the full value of natural resources or promote the interests of poor people. Therefore, an effective public policy framework is required. Sustainable Markets for Sustainable Business and future titles in the Finance, Governance and Sustainability Series address this need.
Book Synopsis Ethics, Equity, and Regulation by : Cheryl R. Lehman
Download or read book Ethics, Equity, and Regulation written by Cheryl R. Lehman and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we account for continuing inequalities in an era promoting enlightened social and economic connections? What mechanisms of perceptions and politics will enable policy makers and scholars to advance significant progressive change? This title examines accounting's contribution to these challenges given the profession's multifaceted roles.
Author :Emerald Group Publishing Limited Publisher :Emerald Group Publishing ISBN 13 :1785608665 Total Pages :202 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (856 download)
Book Synopsis New Perspectives in Accounting Ethics by : Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Download or read book New Perspectives in Accounting Ethics written by Emerald Group Publishing Limited and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Perspectives in Accounting Ethics is a unique collection of articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship and identifies emerging themes in the field. These include the following: - Accounting and Sustainability - Corporate Social Responsibility - Whistleblowing
Book Synopsis Corporate Behavior and Sustainability by : Güler Aras
Download or read book Corporate Behavior and Sustainability written by Güler Aras and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companies can no longer expect to engage in dubious or unethical corporate behaviour without risking their reputation and damaging, perhaps irrevocably, their market position. Irresponsible corporate behavior not only deprives shareholders of long-term returns but also ultimately imposes a cost on society as a whole. Sustainable business is about ensuring that entities contribute toward positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes. Bad business behaviour is costly for stakeholders, for markets, for society, and the economy alike. To ensure that a company behaves well, the buy-in of the leadership team is crucial. The full commitment of the board of directors, in conjunction with the senior managers of the organization, is required if an organization is to be socially responsible. In this sense, leadership does not reside with an individual (the CEO) within the organization but with all of those at the apex of corporate power and control. Effective change management requires enlightened and capable leadership to instigate and drive the process of embedding a sustainable and socially responsible corporate philosophy and culture that supports good business decision-making. A profound understanding of the requirements of such a leadership process will help corporate managers become highly effective change agents. Governance will be the main driver of this change. For the economy and financial markets to become sustainable and resilient, radical changes in corporate leadership need to take place. Integrated reporting, government regulation, and international standards will all be important factors in bringing about this change. As well as understanding the effects of corporate behavior on financial markets, such an understanding is also now imperative in relation to the social and environmental contexts.
Book Synopsis Accounting and Business Ethics by : Ken McPhail
Download or read book Accounting and Business Ethics written by Ken McPhail and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the enormous impact of various accounting scandals on the accounting profession, the general malaise amongst the profession more broadly, and the significant legislative and institutional reforms that have taken place as a result, there are still surprisingly few textbooks on accounting ethics. This concise introductory text takes a broad view of ethics and accounting, taking into account contemporary social trends, such as globalization and terrorism. Rather than delineating codes of professional conduct, this text pushes the reader towards an understanding of the nature of ethical dilemmas and the factors that influence the ways in which accountants frame ethical questions. The book is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on developing thinking about the different kinds of ethical questions that could be posed in relation to accounting. The second part focuses more explicitly on accounting practice, exploring the ethical function of accounting in relation to the market economy, ethics in relation to the accounting profession, and the ethics of the international accounting harmonization project. Accounting and Business Ethics is a compact introduction aimed at both students and practitioners who want to understand more about the ethics of accounting.
Book Synopsis Critical Histories of Accounting by : Richard K. Fleischman
Download or read book Critical Histories of Accounting written by Richard K. Fleischman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critical tradition in accounting historiography has come to occupy a prominent place in the discipline’s academic scholarship. Some critical literature has confronted the responsibility of accounting and accountants in precipitating contemporary crises, such as the audit failures that spawned Sarbanes-Oxley and the world-wide recession. Certain contemporary issues have long histories, such as the difficulties encountered by women to break the glass ceiling in public accounting, and the suffering of indigenous peoples under the imperialistic yoke. Other episodes in accounting’s long history are seemingly more divorced from the present, but in reality they all have contemporary significance. Slavery in the New World, for example, although abolished more than a century ago, is still rampant in parts of the world, albeit less formally. Critical accounting historians feel it a duty to harken to the "suppressed voices" of the past, those groups of people who had no access to an accounting record – women, persons of color, indigenous populations, alienated proletarians, victims of governmental incompetence and graft, and many voiceless others. Critical Histories of Accounting: Sinister Inscriptions in the Modern Era draws on the foremost work in this developing literature, both that authored by the co-editors of this volume, and that written by others. Editors Richard K. Fleischman, Warwick N. Funnell, and Steve Walker have written extensively about "the dark side of accounting," gauging the complicity of those performing accounting functions in episodes in human history that are at worst evil and at best reprehensible. The editors have also hand-selected a series of historical and contemporary episodes that have been critically investigated by the wider accounting history community, preceded by a thorough introduction.
Book Synopsis Advances in Public Interest Accounting by : Cheryl R. Lehman
Download or read book Advances in Public Interest Accounting written by Cheryl R. Lehman and published by JAI Press Incorporated. This book was released on 1992-03-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Public Interest Accounting aims to provide a forum for researchers concerned with critically appraising and significantly transforming conventional accounting theory, practice, teaching and research. The series also aims to increase the social self-awareness of accounting practitioners, educators, and researchers, encouraging them to assume a greater responsibility for the profession’s social role. Topics addressed include, but are not limited to: Expanding accounting’s focus beyond the behaviour of individual corporate entities, encompassing the conflicts of interest within the accounting-regulatory process and effected groups; Exploring alternatives to traditional economics and sociology models, beyond conventional efficiency and profitability measures of corporate performance; Recognizing and examining the influences of gender and feminist theory, class and race, on accounting practice, education, and research Incorporating the significance of accounting as a communicative practice, as social dialogue, and as a social arbiter; Recognizing and examining the effect of accounting practice on environmental issues and on the externalities imposed on local and global communities; Examining accounting’s participation in multinational expansion, consolidations, and changing economies undergoing transformations, such as Eastern and Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union, and the European Community; Addressing the impact of new advances in information technologies.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :682 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Accounting Reform and Investor Protection by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Download or read book Accounting Reform and Investor Protection written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Routledge Companion to Critical Accounting by : Robin Roslender
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Critical Accounting written by Robin Roslender and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of critical accounting has expanded rapidly since its inception and has become recognised as offering a wealth of provocative insights in the wake of the global financial crisis. It is now firmly embedded within accounting literature and in how accounting is taught. Surveying the evolving field of Critical Accounting, including theory, ethics, history, development and sustainability, this Companion presents key debates in the field, providing a comprehensive overview. Incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives on accounting, the volume concludes by considering new directions in which critical accounting research may travel. With an international array of established and respected contributors, this Routledge Companion is a vital resource for students and researchers across the world.
Book Synopsis Corporate Governance - Evolving Practices and Emerging Challenges by :
Download or read book Corporate Governance - Evolving Practices and Emerging Challenges written by and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rapidly evolving era, grasping the intricacies of corporate governance is essential for organizations aiming to secure a sustainable competitive edge. This book provides an extensive overview of the multifaceted aspects of governance, including ethical considerations, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria, and stakeholder engagement, offering a critical examination of both established practices and innovative strategies within diverse organizational contexts. As corporate governance continues to evolve in response to global shifts in technology, regulation, and market demands, this volume equips readers with the insights necessary to navigate these transformations. Through a synthesis of expert perspectives, the book explores the implications of effective governance on sustainability and ethical business practices, highlighting the strategic importance of integrating stakeholder interests in fostering long-term value creation. Corporate Governance - Evolving Practices and Emerging Challenges is an essential resource for scholars, business professionals, and students, providing a comprehensive and accessible guide to the complexities of governance in today's business landscape. Its thorough analysis offers not only a deep understanding of the current state but also sheds light on the emerging challenges that shape the future of corporate governance.
