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Cargo cult science and the death of politics : a critical review of social and environmental accounting research

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Spence, Crawford, Husillos, Javier and Correa-Ruiz, Carmen (2010) Cargo cult science and the death of politics : a critical review of social and environmental accounting research. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Volume 21 (Number 1). pp. 76-89. doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2008.09.008 ISSN 1045-2354.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2008.09.008

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Abstract

We present here an extensive literature review delineating the main theoretical parameters that have shaped the discursive field of Social Accounting/Social and Environmental Reporting (SER). In doing so, we reflect upon the way in which theory is used in SER focusing particularly on its political character. We show that SER theories have been developed in isolation from, and in contradistinction to, other organisational literatures and the social sciences more generally. This self-referentiality has precluded consideration of whether accountability is a realistic or desirable demand to make of corporations. In an age where political antagonism has been seriously eroded in the Western World, we argue that if SER is to avoid complicity in this, then SER research must break free from its self-imposed theoretical limitations and embrace a goal beyond accountability.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Accounting
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Environmental reporting
Journal or Publication Title: Critical Perspectives on Accounting
Publisher: Academic Press
ISSN: 1045-2354
Official Date: January 2010
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2010Published
14 November 2009Available
1 September 2008Accepted
1 March 2007Submitted
Volume: Volume 21
Number: Number 1
Number of Pages: 13
Page Range: pp. 76-89
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2008.09.008
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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