Accounting Forum 28 (2004) 1–5 Introduction Social and environmental accounting: trends and thoughts for the future Over the years Accounting Forum has explored different possible directions for the field of social and environmental accounting. With a new publisher—Elsevier—it is our hope that we shall reach new markets and opportunities. In recent issues‚ these explorations have been extended to theorising the role of accounting in transnational global processes‚ and to the channels of global
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Introduction Numerous movements have been implemented in the Amazon in attempts to alleviate inequality. Until now‚ most have focused on stimulating economic growth. Although the GDPs of many South American countries grew substantially over these periods of time‚ this growth came at the cost of environmental degradation through deregulated extractivism and did not improve living conditions for the many people living in extreme poverty. In fact‚ development projects often displace traditional and
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Return to the Nature—an Ecocritical Interpretation of Death of a Salesman 1. Introduction 1.1 A Brief Introduction to the Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman‚ the masterpiece of Arthur Miller‚ depicts a story of common American family—Lowman’s family. Willy is a man with hugh ambitious but finally failed in the fierce competition of his business. Linda‚ his wife‚ is a loyal ‚ considerate and strong wife who always takes good care of the whole family and always stands in the back of his
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Precautionary Principle The precautionary principle was arguably developed and originally implemented in Germany and Sweden‚ and it is these nations that remain the leading proponents of it. For example‚ it was one of these nations (Germany) that put the precautionary principle on the international stage‚ and today with regard to environmental regulation (in particular chemicals) it is Sweden that is pushing forward precautionary legislation in the European Union. There is a conflict between
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Environment ENVIRONMENT What is Environment? The purpose of this essay is to familiarize you with the relationship between man and his environment. After reading it you will be able to understand the meaning of Environment and man’s place in the environment. You will also be able to see the complexities of‚ man-environment inter-change and the impact that has been made on the environment since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Environment may be broadly understood to mean our
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anthropomorphized animals as characters that can stand as commonly recognized types of human behavior. In contrast to this‚ conventional Western science‚ as well as such religious doctrines as the Christian Great Chain of Being propound the opposite‚ anthropocentric belief that animals‚ plants and non-living things‚ unlike humans‚ lack
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‘Environmental problems can only be solved by transforming our ethical standpoints – once this is achieved our social and political institutions will be transformed as well’ Critically assess the political discourses and ethical approaches that support this claim. Illustrate with reference to environmental problems and policy responses towards them. The transformist political discourse of ecological socialism‚ anarchism and ecofeminism are concerned with human emancipation and incorporate
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BRENT FRIESLAAR April 8‚ 2012 FACILITATOR: REV. DR. ISAIAS CHACHINE | Theology and Development | | Theological Reflection - Amartya Sen and Elaine Graham‚ Heather Walton and Frances Ward | This paper will deal with the importance of Theological reflection and it will argue that theological reflection is the responsibility of all individuals in the human race. In response to Amartya Sen’s work in Development as Freedom as well the treatment of theological reflection and the analysis of methods
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A role of the Environmental Ethics in the modern society The inspiration for environmental ethics was the first Earth Day in 1970 when environmentalists started urging philosophers who were involved with environmental groups to do something about environmental ethics. An intellectual climate had developed in the last few years of the 1960s in large part because of the publication of two papers in Science: Lynn White`s “The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis” (March 1967) and Garett Hardin`s
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Global and Regional Sustainability Over-population or Overconsumption: Which is the bigger of two vices to the progress of sustainability today? In the age‚ where the collective value of goods and commodities‚ the strength of economic markets and the accumulated wealth of individuals dictate the ease of life and the standards of living within society; it is imperative that we as a species reiterate to ourselves that the natural resources that enable us to fulfil all our basic needs‚ fashion
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