Bento da Silva, Jose, Llewellyn, Nick and Anderson-Gough, Fiona (2017) Oral-aural accounting and the management of the Jesuit corpus. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 59 . pp. 44-57. doi:10.1016/j.aos.2017.04.003

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Abstract

The roles of written and visual accounting techniques in establishing conditions of possibility in modern management decision making are well documented. In contrast, this paper looks beyond the “grammatocentric”, and analyzes a practice of oral accounting – the Account of Conscience – that began in the Society of Jesus in the sixteenth century, and has persisted largely unchanged to the present day. In this practice, we see historically relevant pastoral practices evolving into techniques of government that begin to resemble modern governmentality. The paper compels a more general consideration of oral–aural practices and their role in constructing relationships of authority and accountability.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Accounting Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Jesuits -- History, Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
Journal or Publication Title:	Accounting, Organizations and Society
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0361-3682
Official Date:	May 2017
Dates:	Date Event May 2017 Published 27 April 2017 Available 15 April 2017 Accepted
Volume:	59
Page Range:	pp. 44-57
DOI:	10.1016/j.aos.2017.04.003
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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