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Accounting and Distributive Justice John Flower

Accounting and Distributive Justice By John Flower

Accounting and Distributive Justice by John Flower


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This book challenges the assumptions on which the current practice of financial reporting is based. Flower uses the stakeholder theory of the firm to show that companies have a responsibility to achieve distributive justice, and the company's accounts could play an important role in fulfilling this responsibility.

Accounting and Distributive Justice Summary

Accounting and Distributive Justice by John Flower

Accounting and Distributive Justice challenges the basic assumptions on which the current practice of financial reporting is based. It argues that the objective of financial reporting should be to contribute to the achievement of distributive justice and not the optimal allocation of resources as in the traditional capitalist paradigm. It explains in non-technical terms the principle philosophical theories of justice and argues that a firm has a moral responsibility to seek distributive justice in its dealings with its shareholders, employees, suppliers, customers, and other people with whom it has dealings, who are considered to be the firm's stakeholders. The book introduces concepts of distributive justice to accountants and provokes them into reflecting on how the discipline of accounting can best serve the cause of justice. Accounting and Distributive Justice provides both a philosophical foundation and a practical game plan for the future of a more sustainable accounting practice.

Accounting and Distributive Justice Reviews

'A valuable contribution to the accounting literature.' - David Collison, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal

'An interesting introduction for accounting scholars who want to broaden their perspectives on how reporting interplays with society' - Bino Catasus, The Accounting Review

About John Flower

John Flower is former Professor of Accounting at the University of Bristol and Director of the Centre for Research in European Accounting, Brussels. He has written several authoritative books on financial reporting, including Global Financial Reporting and European Financial Reporting.

Table of Contents

1. The Wrong Paradigm 2. Distributive Justice 3. The Firm's Responsibility for Distributive Justice 4. The Contribution of Financial Reporting to Distributive Justice 5. The Reporting Function 6. The Distribution Function 7. The Information Function 8. Concluding Remarks

Additional information

NLS9780415645638
9780415645638
0415645638
Accounting and Distributive Justice by John Flower
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2012-07-27
216
N/A
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