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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954613803321

Autore

Devine Carl Thomas

Titolo

Accounting theory : essays by Carl Thomas Devine / / edited by Harvey S. Hendrickson and Paul F. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

9781134390564

1134390564

9781134390571

1134390572

9780429231056

0429231059

9780203350614

0203350618

9781280079573

1280079576

9780203409053

0203409051

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Routledge new works in accounting history ; ; 3

Classificazione

85.25

Altri autori (Persone)

HendricksonHarvey S

WilliamsPaul F. <1947->

Disciplina

657/.01

Soggetti

Accounting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Editor's preface; Responsibilities, ethics, and legitimacy; Leading accountants: ethical backgrounds; Addendum: different views of natural man; Hermeneutics and communication theory; Deconstruction as methodology; Comments on academic publications; Comments on higher education: the Florida case; Rational models and subjective probability assessments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

One of the outstanding accounting theoreticians of the twentieth century, Carl Thomas Devine exhibited a breadth and depth of knowledge few in the field of accounting have equalled. This book collects together eight previously unpublished essays on accounting



theory written by Professor Devine.Professor Devine passed away in 1998, prior to the significant scandals that have plagued accounting and business since the collapse of Enron and Arthur Andersen. Many of the essays collected here are particularly important given these events. The first three essays are devoted to ethics and pr