The recent financial crisis has triggered radical criticism against financial markets. In this paper, we propose to analyse this criticism in the perspective drawn by Boltanski and Thevenot (1991/2006) around the notion of justification. We see the main debate as opposing the critics and the...

There have been a large number of attempts to develop a theory or theories of Environmental Impact Assessment in order to justify its use in environmental decision-making. A review of academic articles demonstrates that these theories are largely drawn from planning theories. Planning theories...

Aspects of accounting have changed to incorporate social and environmental factors alongside those economic. The degree to which these changes have been implemented in individual companies and sectors of the economy varies significantly and is not well understood. One frequently used...