Social Accounting and Public Management

Social Accounting and Public Management
Author: Stephen P. Osborne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2010-10-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136931732

Social accounting as a discipline has challenged the methodology and focus of the larger field of accounting over the last 50 years. More recently it has taken on greater significance for other subjects as well, addressing issues for public policy and management more broadly. These include the issues of the nature of accountability in the contemporary plural state, environmental and societal sustainability, the ethical management and governance of public services and resources, and the creation and sustenance of social capital as an essential element of the modern plural state. Social Accounting and Public Management brings together for the first time researchers from a range of disciplines including accounting, political science, management, sociology and policy studies to discuss and develop our knowledge and theory of the nature of ‘accountability’ in contemporary global society and the challenges it may pose for public policy and management. This book addresses this nexus of all of these issues and disciplines, and through this, makes a contribution to the development of the disciplines of both social accounting and public policy and management.

Social Accounting and Public Management

Social Accounting and Public Management
Author: Stephen P. Osborne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2010-10-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136931740

This volume brings together researchers from a range of disciplines including accounting, political science, management, sociology and policy studies to discuss and develop our knowledge and theory of the nature of ‘accountability’ in contemporary global society and the challenges it may pose for public policy and management.

Contemporary Issues in Social Accounting

Contemporary Issues in Social Accounting
Author: Audrey Paterson
Publisher: Goodfellow Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2017-12-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1911396560

This important and timely new text introduces and explains the key ideas of accounting for society, the historical development of corporate social responsibility, accountability and ethics and their importance to everyday life.

What Counts

What Counts
Author: Jack Quarter
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Appropriate for accounting, nonprofit, public policy, social research, cooperative studies, and public administration courses. Social accounting focuses on the effects of an organization on its communities of interest. Quarter/Mook/Richmond look at how nonprofits and cooperatives create value and how they can measure their social performance.

Handbook of Research on Modernization and Accountability in Public Sector Management

Handbook of Research on Modernization and Accountability in Public Sector Management
Author: Azevedo, Graça Maria do Carmo
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2018-03-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1522537325

The effects of recent economic and financial crises have reached an international scale. A number of different nations have experienced the fallout of these events, calling into question issues of accountability and reform in public management. The Handbook of Research on Modernization and Accountability in Public Sector Management is an essential scholarly publication that focuses on responsibility within public sector institutions and the importance of these institutions being ethical, transparent, and rigorous. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics, such as corporate social responsibility, e-government, and financial accountability, this publication is geared toward regulatory authorities, researchers, managers, and professionals working in the public domain.

Public Management as Corporate Social Responsibility

Public Management as Corporate Social Responsibility
Author: Massimiliano Di Bitetto
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2014-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319070371

This collection of case studies in public management bridges the gap between mainstream CSR - confined to the for-profit corporations -and the vast bodies of workers and organizations that make up government and its public administration. The variety and discretion of managerial endeavours in public management calls for accountability and responsibility of government beyond current legal instruments: The book argues that CSR must be brought to bear with government. In government in fact, knowledge management is not a linear process, but the result of working with passion of the parts, implying discretionary behaviour and creativity which in turn imply choice and responsibility. Cases ranging from the USA to Central America, New Zealand and Europe all confirm the complex nature of public management, entailing partnership synergy for disaster recovery, the intertwined link between management and new technology and mindfulness at individual level. The cases are set in a framework by theoretical essays on bureaucratic behaviour and unknown stakeholders.

Social Accounting for Corporate Managers

Social Accounting for Corporate Managers
Author: Jeffrey Gale
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019942451

This book is a practical guide to the use of social accounting and audit in corporate management. It explains the principles and techniques of social accounting, and demonstrates how it can be used to measure and report on a company's social and environmental performance. With case studies and examples, it provides a roadmap for companies seeking to integrate social responsibility into their operations. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Social Accounting for Sustainability

Social Accounting for Sustainability
Author: José Luis Retolaza
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-12-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783319133768

This book deals with the limitations of economic and financial accounting as an appropriate instrument to reflect the real value created or destroyed by an organization. The authors present a sustainable social accounting approach that considers both the social and economic value – Blended Value – generated by an organization for all of its stakeholders. This approach is based on four major theories – Stakeholder Theory, Action Research, Phenomenological Perspective and Fuzzy Logic – and was developed on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis.