CALL FOR PAPERS: Special issue of 'Social and Environmental Accountability Journa
Deadline for submission: 30 November 2023
Corruption is a global phenomenon, whose multifarious and far-reaching consequences are difficult to grasp in their entirety. While the economic consequences of corruption are relatively well known, recent advances in literature also document the myriad of implications that corruption has on societal relationships, the lives of people and the natural environment (Haller and Shore 2005; Williams and Le Billon 2017). Importantly, venality can decelerate or discontinue progress made in our sustainability agenda (Teichmann, Falker, and Sergi 2020). Devoting attention to “the good, the bad and the ugly” of accounting with respect to corruption plays a significant role in the ability of our societies to fight with contemporary social and environmental ailments, such as environmental degradation (Teichmann, Falker, and Sergi 2020), biodiversity loss (Mrema 2017) and social inequality (Rivkin-Fish 2005). Accounting scholarship has yet to catch up with these academic developments.
The journal invites contributions to this special issue of Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (SEAJ). They welcome papers that contribute to our understanding of the limitations and potentials of accounting in addressing corruption in relation to social and environmental phenomena, particularly in relation to accounting, auditing and accountability issues. Submissions are welcome from a wide range of theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches as long as they are consistent with this call for papers and SEAJ requirements.