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Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review Special issue on"social responsibility accounting and reporting in times of ‘s...
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Vol. 14. Núm. S1.
Páginas 187-211 (1 Agosto 2011)
Vol. 14. Núm. S1.
Páginas 187-211 (1 Agosto 2011)
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Special issue on"social responsibility accounting and reporting in times of ‘sustainability Downturn/crisis
Contabilidad e información sobre responsabilidad social en tiempos de recesión/crisis de sostenibilidad
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At a time when sustainability performance does not seem to match the expectations raised by the sustainable development concept and, moreover, when the economic downturn and crisis could be further eroding social and environmental concerns and values, the notion of sustainability crisis provides an interesting starting point to reflect on the role of Social and Environmental Accounting Research. Lack of humanity and values, short term economic approach, institutional capture and misunderstanding and misuse of democracy, have all served as catalysts of sustainability downturn and crisis. Thus, this editorial attempts to advance public interest accounting by discussing the controversy around Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, expecting that the constitutive effects of researchers’ words in this special issue and in future research agendas, will result in more transformative power relations able to enhance a healthy democracy inspired by the capacity to do things and to transform individuals’ attitudes and behaviours, as well as the institutional response to the sustainability crisis.

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En una época en la que el desempeño en materia de sostenibilidad parece no cumplir las expectativas creadas por el concepto de desarrollo sostenible y, en la que además, la recesión y la crisis económica podría estar erosionando aún más los valores y preocupaciones sociales y medioambientales, la noción de crisis de sostenibilidad proporciona un interesante punto de partida para reflexionar sobre el papel de la investigación en Contabilidad Social y Medioambiental. La falta de humanidad y la ausencia de valores, el enfoque económico cortoplacista, la captura institucional y la democracia mal entendida y su uso incorrecto, han servido como catalizadores de la crisis y la recesión de la sostenibilidad. Así, el presente editorial pretende avanzar en la contabilidad como interés general, debatiendo sobre la controversia existente alrededor de la Sostenibilidad y la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa, con la expectativa de que los efectos constitutivos de las palabras de los investigadores, en este número especial y en las agendas de investigación futuras, redunden en unas relaciones de poder más transformadoras capaces de favorecer una democracia sana inspirada por la capacidad de hacer cosas y cambiar los comportamientos y actitudes individuales así como la respuesta institucional a la crisis de sostenibilidad.

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Acknowledgements: The guest editors of this special issue are particularly grateful for the trust and warm support provided by Mª Antonia García-Benau and Carlos Larrinaga-González in this endeavor to advance social, environmental and sustainability accounting research in Spain and enhance public interest accounting.

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