An Introduction to Accounting: Accountability in Organisations and Society (Paperback)

Craig Deegan

ISBN 10: 0170460193 / ISBN 13: 9780170460194

Edité par Cengage Learning EMEA, South Melbourne, 2022

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Paperback. Written by Craig Deegan, Australia's premier sustainability and social accounting academic, An Introduction to Accounting: Accountability in Organisations and Society brings corporate accountability, sustainability, and social responsibility together. The text's unique approach highlights the role that accounting plays in sustainability and being accountable for the environment, by providing students with an understanding of accounting's pervasive and transformative role as both a social practice and a driving force behind organisations. It shows that environments, ideas and values change; the interconnectivity of society; that the planet must be respected as a resource; and that people are affected/influenced by the information they receive and the way it is presented. Learning accounting through the lens of sustainability and the environment prepares you to actively seek and use accounting information to make decisions in your career that take into consideration accountability for the environment. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: An Introduction to Accounting: Accountability in Organisations and Society (Paperback)
• Éditeur: Cengage Learning EMEA, South Melbourne
• Date de parution: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0170460193
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780170460194
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

Written by Craig Deegan, Australia's premier sustainability and social accounting academic, An Introduction to Accounting: Accountability in Organisations and Society brings corporate accountability, sustainability, and social responsibility together. The text’s unique approach highlights the role that accounting plays in sustainability and being accountable for the environment, by providing students with an understanding of accounting’s pervasive and transformative role as both a social practice and a driving force behind organisations. It shows that environments, ideas and values change; the interconnectivity of society; that the planet must be respected as a resource; and that people are affected/influenced by the information they receive and the way it is presented. Learning accounting through the lens of sustainability and the environment prepares you to actively seek and use accounting information to make decisions in your career that take into consideration accountability for the environment.

À propos de l?auteur

Craig Deegan is Professor of Accounting within the College of Business and Economics at University of Tasmania. His research interests are in the area of social and environmental accountability and accounting, financial accounting, and financial accounting theory, and he is one of the most highly cited accounting researchers internationally. Craig is also the author of three leading textbooks, namely Financial Accounting (McGraw Hill, 9th edition 2020), An Introduction to Accounting: Accountability in Organisations and Society (Cengage, 1st edition, 2019), and Financial Accounting Theory (McGraw Hill, 4th edition 2011). He has also been the senior supervisor of over 20 PhD completions.