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Personal Reflections On A Tale Of Two Books: Social And Environmental Accounting Research In The Past, Present And Future, Reg Mathews
Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
This paper was requested by the guest editors of the Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal (AABFJ) following the Sydney CSEAR conference. One topic suggested to me was to write a comment on recent developments leveraging on GG 2007 or that part that has not been published previously. I am pleased to attempt this but wish also to make reference to another book published at the same time (Unerman, Bebbington and O’Dwyer (UBOD 2007), because I believe that the different perspectives presented are informative for all scholars in the field of SEAR which is now often referred to as SA. …
Editorial: Social And Environmental Accounting Research (Sea) - A Special Issue?, Cornelia Beck, Sandra Van Der Laan
Editorial: Social And Environmental Accounting Research (Sea) - A Special Issue?, Cornelia Beck, Sandra Van Der Laan
Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
For what is now an extended period of time, a number of researchers have been working in what could be described as “an isolated, very small and persecuted community… seeking to reify this mysterious oddity that was social accounting (emphasis in original)” (Gray, 2007, p. 2). However, with increasing commercial and regulatory emphasis globally on environmental degradation and rehabilitation, climate change and the social responsibilities of the corporate world, this isolated, small community has not only gained a voice, but an increased profile and credibility for researchers in the area. As such, social and environmental accounting (SEA) research (as it …