In their joint framework project, the FASB and the IASB recently proposed dropping stewardship as a separate objective of financial accounting, because the Boards view stewardship and valuation usefulness as compatible sub-objectives ranking under an overall objective of decision usefulness....

SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2008-028 Are stewardship and valuation usefulness compatible or alternative objectives of financial accounting? Joachim Gassen* * Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany This research was supported by the Deutsche...