Behind Camouflaging: Traditional And Innovative Theoretical Perspectives In Social And Environmental Accounting Research

Keywords

Camouflaging; Functional stupidity; Legitimacy theory; Organizational hypocrisy; Theoretical frameworks

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, it examines nuances that specific camouflaging perspectives provide to enhance traditional and widely adopted theories in social and environmental accounting. Second, within research on camouflaging, the paper stimulates multidisciplinarity and cross-fertilization by presenting recent developments in organizational theory that hold promise for enhancing our understanding of camouflaging. Finally, it discusses how the research contributions published in this special issue help advance the notion of corporate camouflaging. Design/methodology/approach – The paper makes use of an extensive literature review and discusses research implications related with the choice of theoretical framework. Findings – The idea of camouflaging may provide narrower and more refined perspective(s) that can help researchers delve deeper into their topic of interest and thereby support potentially substantive contributions to the field. Originality/value – The paper offers suggestions for future social and environmental accounting research that adopts the concepts of organized hypocrisy, organizational façades and functional stupidity into the study of organizations.

Publication Date

3-7-2016

Publication Title

Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal

Volume

7

Issue

1

Number of Pages

2-25

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-12-2015-0121

Socpus ID

84959531310 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84959531310

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