1st Edition
Building Corporate Accountability Emerging Practice in Social and Ethical Accounting and Auditing
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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The practice of social and ethical accounting is emerging as a key tool for companies in the 1990s in response to calls for greater transparency and accountability to different stakeholders, and as a means for managing companies in increasingly complex situations where social and environmental issues are significant in securing business success.
This is the first book to address the practice of... Read more
Part 1 How, Why and Where To: Introduction * Why Count Social Performance? * How to Do it * Accountable Features * Part 2 The Briefings: The Ethical Dimensions of Banking: Sbn Bank, Denmark * Accounting for Ethics: Traidcraft plc, UK * Integrated Ethical Auditing: The Body Shop International, UK * The Expert View: Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc, USA * Co-ordinating Expectations: Municipality of Aarhus, Denmark * Building Dialogue Culture: Woyen Molle, Norway * Constructing the Social Balance: Consumer Co-operative, Italy * Ranking Disclosure: VanCity & Credit Union, Canada * The Practice of Silent Accounting * Annexes
Biography
Simon Zadek is Research Director of the new Economics Foundation (NEF), London. Peter Pruzan is Professor of Systems Science at Copenhagen Business School Richard Evans is Director of Social Accounting at Traidcraft Exchange, Gateshead.
