ISBN:
9780367481018
,
9780367675523
Language:
English
Pages:
VI, 278 Seiten
Series Statement:
Routledge research in sustainability and business
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lehman, Glen, 1961 - Accountability, philosophy and the natural environment
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Social accounting
;
Environmental auditing
;
Human ecology
;
Philosophy of nature
Abstract:
"Using a philosophical and interdisciplinary approach, this book looks at how accountability can provide solutions to our current environmental and global political problems. When a social system has external elements imposed upon it, or presented to it, political problems are likely to emerge. This book demonstrates that what is needed are connecting social elements with a natural affinity to bring people together despite their differences. This book is different from others in the field. It provides new insights by critiquing the extant understandings of accountability and expands the possibilities by building on Charles Taylor's philosophies. Central to the argument of the book are perspectives on authenticity and expressivism which are found to provide a radical reworking of our understanding of being in the world, and a starting point for rethinking the way individuals and communities ought to be dealing politically with accountability and ecological crises. The argument builds to an accountability perspective that utilises work from interpretivism, liberalism and postmodern theory. The book will be of interest to researchers in environmental philosophy, critical perspectives on accounting, corporate governance, corporate social reporting, and environmental accounting"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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