Title
Accounting for the public interest [electronic resource] : perspectives on accountability, professionalism and role in society / Steven Mintz, editor
ISBN
9789400770829 electronic book
9400770820 electronic book
9789400770812
Publication Details
Dordrecht : Springer, c2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (284 p.)
Call Number
HF5625.15
Dewey Decimal Classification
657
Summary
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.
Note
Includes index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based upon print version of record.
Series
Advances in business ethics research ; 4.
Part I. Professionalism in accounting: Myth or Reality?
Part II. An ethic of accountability, societtal responsibilities, and accounting for the public interest
Part III. Defining the public interest in accounting
Part IV. Corporate social responsibility and environmental reporting
Part V. Virtue and public interest considerations of bribery and whistle-blowing.