The Role of Accounting in a Society: Only a techn(olog)ical solution for the problem of economic measurement or also a tool of social ideology?
The contribution juxtaposes the traditional neutralistic view on the role of accounting in a society as an activity of independent and unbiased measurement and presentation of real economic phenomena with the extended view on accounting as a socio-political practice and ideology. It also shows how t...
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| description | The contribution juxtaposes the traditional neutralistic view on the role of accounting in a society as an activity of independent and unbiased measurement and presentation of real economic phenomena with the extended view on accounting as a socio-political practice and ideology. It also shows how the latter view impacts the understanding of the role of accounting and its reactions in light of the recent global financial crisis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d2a48acfc5ca4e0b9f2a3f50776f2dfd2022-12-21T23:38:34ZengSciendoNaše Gospodarstvo2385-80522015-08-01614324010.1515/ngoe-2015-0016ngoe-2015-0016The Role of Accounting in a Society: Only a techn(olog)ical solution for the problem of economic measurement or also a tool of social ideology?Horvat Robert0Korošec Bojana1University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, SloveniaUniversity of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, SloveniaThe contribution juxtaposes the traditional neutralistic view on the role of accounting in a society as an activity of independent and unbiased measurement and presentation of real economic phenomena with the extended view on accounting as a socio-political practice and ideology. It also shows how the latter view impacts the understanding of the role of accounting and its reactions in light of the recent global financial crisis.https://doi.org/10.1515/ngoe-2015-0016accountingauditingsocial practiceračunovodstvorevizijadružbena praksam40m41m48 |
| spellingShingle | Horvat Robert Korošec Bojana The Role of Accounting in a Society: Only a techn(olog)ical solution for the problem of economic measurement or also a tool of social ideology? Naše Gospodarstvo accounting auditing social practice računovodstvo revizija družbena praksa m40 m41 m48 |
| title | The Role of Accounting in a Society: Only a techn(olog)ical solution for the problem of economic measurement or also a tool of social ideology? |
| title_full | The Role of Accounting in a Society: Only a techn(olog)ical solution for the problem of economic measurement or also a tool of social ideology? |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Accounting in a Society: Only a techn(olog)ical solution for the problem of economic measurement or also a tool of social ideology? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Accounting in a Society: Only a techn(olog)ical solution for the problem of economic measurement or also a tool of social ideology? |
| title_short | The Role of Accounting in a Society: Only a techn(olog)ical solution for the problem of economic measurement or also a tool of social ideology? |
| title_sort | role of accounting in a society only a techn olog ical solution for the problem of economic measurement or also a tool of social ideology |
| topic | accounting auditing social practice računovodstvo revizija družbena praksa m40 m41 m48 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/ngoe-2015-0016 |
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