governance. The very nature of the relationship between governance, accountability and accounting may therefore have also changed …

regulated, rather than voluntaristic, corporate accountability, covering further details of the impact and performance of …

construct forms of accountability for design so as to guarantee its impact on the market in advance. There are parallels between …

Takes an exploratory approach to the development of an accountability framework for environmental performance of the … Australian Commonwealth public sector. Explains that the aim of the environmental performance accountability framework is for the … reporting, and links it to the concept of environmental accountability. Drawing on this literature, explores interrelationships …

to accounting, auditing and accountability researchers. The paper also provides an overview of the other contributions in … this accounting, auditing and accountability special issue. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides a contemporary … literature review on governance and accountability in Africa, identifying the key developments in public sector reform and the …

accountability. Design/methodology/approach – The paper develops the theoretical arguments, shows the importance of non … measurement and reporting will make public accountability transparent and expand the accountant's social role. It will motivate …

to the development of a new standard, AccountAbility 1000 (AA1000). AA1000 is a quality framework that aims to make clear … how principles of accountability and sustainability are related and complementary. Accountability is founded in democracy … accountability’s relationship to sustainability, however, there has been little clarity. Sustainability – defined broadly by the …

One of the ways to deal with stakeholder issues, is the use and application of accountability standards. Two recent … accountability standards (AA1000 and SA8000) will be the subject of comparison in this paper. Firstly, the constituent elements of … application. Questions are raised as to whether the instrumental “translation” of notions such as “accountability” and “social …