Title

Vulnerable And Exploitable: The Need For Organisational Accountability And Transparency In Emerging And Less Developed Economies

Keywords

Accountability; Emerging economies; Exploitability; Less developed economies; Social and environmental accounting; Vulnerability

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the papers which appear in this special issue of Accounting Forum. The paper sets out the background and rationale for this special issue, introduces the papers contained within it and discusses their contributions to the literature on social and environmental accounting and accountability in emerging and less developed economies. This discussion is informed by the notions of vulnerability and exploitability. The final section of the paper provides conclusions and directions for future research in this under-researched area. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

Publication Date

6-1-2013

Publication Title

Accounting Forum

Volume

37

Issue

2

Number of Pages

81-91

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2013.04.001

Socpus ID

84877814847 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84877814847

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