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Beyond accountants as technocrats : a common good perspective
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dc.contributor.author | Frémeaux, Sandrine | |
dc.contributor.author | Puyou, Francois-Regis | |
dc.contributor.author | Michelson, Grant | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-29T12:30:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-29T12:30:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-03-25 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Frémeaux , S , Puyou , F-R & Michelson , G 2020 , ' Beyond accountants as technocrats : a common good perspective ' , Critical Perspectives on Accounting , vol. 67-68 , 102054 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2018.07.003 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1045-2354 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 254960359 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 7d2e864d-8855-4a1c-a6d6-13049073225d | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85050513038 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-8717-6070/work/57568286 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000528009500003 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/19371 | |
dc.description.abstract | In a context characterised by the scientification of accounting practices and standards, an important question to pose is how might accounting professionals be released from an excessive focus on rationality (technical accuracy, technical neutrality and technical abstraction) and reclaim the profession in the public interest? Grounded in a person-oriented approach, we contend the common good principle can help accountants to mitigate the tyranny of economic rationality/homo economicus notably through greater consideration of public interest, thereby enabling them to exercise stronger ethical judgement. First, the common good can serve as a basis for the establishment of an ethical protocol based on the search for embedded community goods, human development and the personal good of each member. Second, the common good provides specific ethical principles including subsidiarity, totality, teleological hierarchy, long-term commitment, reality and unity that can better assist accounting professionals to exercise ethical judgement and therefore contribute to the public interest. In contrast to defending a strict adherence to ethical rules enshrined in professional codes of conduct, this article argues for an open ended protocol inspired by the common good principle. This will, we contend, better promote the re-contextualisation of accounting practices conducted by reflexive, sentient and publically-conscious practitioners. | |
dc.format.extent | 14 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Critical Perspectives on Accounting | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Ltd. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2018.07.003 | en |
dc.subject | Common good | en |
dc.subject | Catholic social teaching | en |
dc.subject | Public interest | en |
dc.subject | Scientification | en |
dc.subject | HF5601 Accounting | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HF5601 | en |
dc.title | Beyond accountants as technocrats : a common good perspective | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Management | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2018.07.003 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2020-01-29 |
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