Audit Society - Rituals of Verification

Zusatztext ..subtle! stimulating and important book. Informationen zum Autor Michael Power is Professor of Accounting at the LSE, and has been a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance there since 1987. He has also worked as a financial auditor with Deloitte Haskins and Sells where he qualified as a chartered accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has also been a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolley zu Berlin. In 1989 he was made an associate member of the United Kingdom of Institute of Taxation and, from 1990, an associate scholar of the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels. Klappentext This book is the first systematic exploration of audit as a principle of social organization and control. The author critically examines the reasons, means, and consequences of this audit explosion. He raises important questions about the efficacy of audit processes, suggests that the consequences of this must be evaluated, and contrasts these theories and practices of Trust. Zusammenfassung Offers a systematic exploration of audit as a principle of social organization and control. This book examines the reasons, means, and consequences of the audit explosion. It raises questions about the efficacy of audit processes, suggests that the consequences of this must be evaluated, and contrasts these theories and practices of Trust. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION ; Preface ; 1. The Audit Society: General Themes ; 2. The Rise of Audit ; 3. The Audit Explosion ; 4. Audit and the Dialectic of Regulatory Failure ; 5. Audit Knowledge and the Construction of Auditees ; 6. Beyond Audit! Towards Trust ; Notes ; Bibliography

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Power, Michael (Professor of Accounting Power
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 19.08.1999
• EAN: 9780198296034
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829603-4
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 158 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, North America, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Managerial, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Management & management techniques, Sociology: work & labour, North America (USA and Canada), Management accounting & bookkeeping, Management and management techniques, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Management accounting, bookkeeping and auditing