On Jeffrey Unerman and the Future of NGO Accountability

Roel Boomsma

Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 2021, vol. 41, issue 3, 219-232

Abstract: This paper highlights the immense contribution of Professor Jeffrey Unerman to the field of sustainability accounting. It reflects on how he, together with his co-authors, initiated and advanced a research stream on non-governmental organisation (NGO) accounting and accountability. The paper reviews some of Jeffrey’s most influential work and explores three aspects that are of particular relevance to current debates on NGO accountability: accounting for the unintended and unforeseen consequences of NGO activities; impediments and resistance to broader NGO accountability; and striving for enhanced downward accountability. Further, the paper highlights how Jeffrey’s research has inspired other accounting scholars to investigate issues of NGO accountability and offers several directions for future research in this area.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/0969160X.2021.2003215

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