<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

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?

University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy

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Vloga računovodstva v družbi: Samo tehnična rešitev za problem ekonomskega merjenja ali tudi orodje družbene ideologije?

The contribution juxtaposes the traditional neutralistic view on the role of accounting in a society as an activity of independent and unbiased measurement and...

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?

Published Online: Aug 21, 2015

Page range: 32 - 40

Received: May 01, 2015

Accepted: Jul 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ngoe-2015-0016

Keywords
accounting, auditing, social practice

© Robert Horvat et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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?

Published Online: Aug 21, 2015

Page range: 32 - 40

Received: May 01, 2015

Accepted: Jul 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ngoe-2015-0016

Keywordsaccounting, auditing, social practice

© Robert Horvat et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
accounting, auditing, social practice