Accounting, nature and the common good

Sheila Killian and Philip O’Regan

Chapter 14 in Handbook of Critical Environmental Accountability and Sustainability, 2026, pp 208-217 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The chapter discusses accounting and its relationship with accountability. Specifically, the authors examine some of its key elements, purpose, scope, and the concept of accounting as a language rather than a code, raising questions relevant to rethinking environmental accounting within a Common Good context. They follow this by exploring conceptualisations of the environment and nature. Next, they present some of the ways that concepts of the Common Good have arisen in philosophy, theology, and indigenous beliefs and practices.

Keywords: Environment; Environmental Accounting; Common Good; Aristotle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781802201765
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