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Independent Accounts
Cheryl R. . Ed(S): Lehman
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Description for Independent Accounts
Hardback. Returning to its roots in activism and economic justice, this issue exposes accounting practice as a contested terrain by examining its role as a social force encompassing issues of value, governance, ethics, politics, and class. It illuminates the detrimental social consequences of failing to recognize accountings role in the social environment. Editor(s): Lehman, Cheryl R. Series: Advances in Public Interest Accounting. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KFC; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
Returning to its roots in activism and economic justice, this issue exposes accounting practice as a contested terrain by examining its role as a social force encompassing issues of value, governance, ethics, politics, and class. Arguing that the view of the discipline as objective and fair is a myth, these papers illuminate the detrimental social consequences of failing to recognize accountings role in the social environment. Investigating accounting's use of independence as a protective shield in obscuring winners and losers regarding financial activity, the papers illustrate accountings contribution to the failures of free markets worldwide: systemic global poverty, questionable privatization ... Read more
Returning to its roots in activism and economic justice, this issue exposes accounting practice as a contested terrain by examining its role as a social force encompassing issues of value, governance, ethics, politics, and class. Arguing that the view of the discipline as objective and fair is a myth, these papers illuminate the detrimental social consequences of failing to recognize accountings role in the social environment. Investigating accounting's use of independence as a protective shield in obscuring winners and losers regarding financial activity, the papers illustrate accountings contribution to the failures of free markets worldwide: systemic global poverty, questionable privatization ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Public Interest Accounting
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762313822
SKU
V9780762313822
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