The purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept of measurement in financial accounting, starting with an examination of the approach to measurement taken by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), followed by a summary of the general theory of measurement employed in the natural...

Similar to other professional groups, the accounting profession has asserted that it serves the ‘public interest' (Anderson-Gough, et al. 2002; Robson et al., 1994). However, the definition of exactly what constitutes the ‘public interest' has been subject to considerable debate and there is no...

The purpose of this article is to discuss how action research might be utilized to enhance sustainability in organizational settings. While it has been argued that active engagement by researchers in implementing organizational change risks organizational capture, action research is a...

The previous auditing literature has examined how audit engagement challenges have been resolved through auditor/auditee negotiation. This paper extends the prior literature by examining audit engagement challenges arising during governmental tax compliance audits involving regulated wineries in...

In this paper, we use the investment fraud of Bernard Madoff to inquire into the production of trust in the context of financial markets. Drawing upon empirical data related to U.S. individual investors (interviews and letters) as well as documentary material, we investigate the mechanisms...

In 2006, the China Accounting Standards Committee (CASC) issued its Statement No. 20, which permits both the purchase and pooling of interests (or merger) method of accounting for business combinations. The decision of the CASC in Statement No. 20 stands in contrast to the decisions taken by the...

We examine the sustainability reporting activities of companies in controversial industries, e.g., alcohol, firearms, for-profit prisons, gambling, tobacco, marijuana and payday loans. For each industry we identify its controversial social problem – the “elephant in the room.” We then...

The purpose of this paper is to study the evolution of environmental management controls of the Michelin Company, and see how they achieve- or not, to bring Michelin closer to a contribution to sustainability. By putting Michelin’s environmental management controls in perspective with the...

In this paper, we use the investment fraud of Bernard Madoff to inquire into the production of trust in the context of financial markets. Drawing upon empirical data related to U.S. individual investors (interviews and letters) as well as documentary material, we investigate the mechanisms...

Les chercheurs comptables font leurs recherches en façons différentes. En Angleterre, beaucoup de chercheurs comptables suivaient la mode américaine en faisant des études empiriques. En même temps, des autres chercheurs font des études historiques ou théoriques. Pendant le deux dernières...