期刊
ACCOUNTING AUDITING & ACCOUNTABILITY JOURNAL
卷 30, 期 7, 页码 1426-1458出版社
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/AAAJ-07-2017-3010
关键词
Pluralism; Sustainability; Nature; Environmental accounting; Orders of worth and pragmatic sociology; Ecological accounts
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesise academic research in environmental accounting and demonstrate its shortcomings. It provokes scholars to rethink their conceptions of accounts and nature, and alongside others in this AAAJ special issue, provides the basis for an agenda for theoretical and empirical research that begins to ecologise accounting. Design/methodology/approach - Utilising a wide range of thought from accounting, geography, sociology, political ecology, nature writing and social activism, the paper provides an analysis and critique of key themes associated with 40 years research in environmental accounting. It then considers how that broad base of work in social science, particularly pragmatic sociology (e.g. Latour, Boltanksi and Thevenot), could contribute to reimagining an ecologically informed accounting. Findings - Environmental accounting research overwhelmingly focuses on economic entities and their inputs and outputs. Conceptually, an information throughput model dominates. There is little or no environment in environmental accounting, and certainly no ecology. The papers in this AAAJ special issue contribute to these themes, and alongside social science literature, indicate significant opportunities for research to begin to overcome them. Research limitations/implications - This paper outlines and encourages the advancement of ecological accounts and accountabilities drawing on conceptual resources across social sciences, arts and humanities. It identifies areas for research to develop its interdisciplinary potential to contribute to ecological sustainability and social justice. Originality/value - How to ecologise accounting and conceptualise human and non-human entities has received little attention in accounting research. This paper and AAAJ special issue provides empirical, practical and theoretical material to advance further work.
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