Accounting and the role of Accountants has permeated the modern societies. For the most part, we have accepted the impartiality and objectivity of accounting and not recognized how accounting systems are embedded in a country's economic and legal framework, much of which is in turn shaped by political processes. This web of interactions results in complex economic and political questions which require accounting researchers to focus on several related trends: information economics, regulatory economics, sociology and political science. Althouugh considerable progress has been made in the...

Accounting and the role of Accountants has permeated the modern societies. For the most part, we have accepted the impartiality and objectivity of accounting and not recognized how accounting systems are embedded in a country's economic and legal framework, much of which is in turn shaped by political processes. This web of interactions results in complex economic and political questions which require accounting researchers to focus on several related trends: information economics, regulatory economics, sociology and political science. Althouugh considerable progress has been made in the...

The Prince of Wales' innovative Accounting for Sustainability Project has developed an innovative Connected Reporting Framework to provide organizations with the accounting tools and principles to embed sustainability into their DNA. This text outlines the framework.

The Prince of Wales' innovative Accounting for Sustainability Project has developed an innovative Connected Reporting Framework to provide organizations with the accounting tools and principles to embed sustainability into their DNA. This text outlines the framework.