Purpose – Informed by the work of Laughlin and Booth, this paper aims to analyze the role of accounting and accountability practices within the fifteenth century Roman Catholic Church, more specifically within the Diocese of Ferrara (northern Italy), in order to determine the presence of a...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role and impact of accounting within the fragmented field of public value theory literature. Design/methodology/approach: The work develops a structured literature review (SLR) and seeks to shed light on the state of public value...

Purpose: The study investigates the use of accounting information in the form of a confession as a tool for telling the truth about oneself and reinforcing power relations in the context of the Roman Inquisition. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopts Foucault's understanding of pastoral...

Purpose: The paper examines how accounting and accounting experts provided important contributions to the Italian government's strategy to address the COVID-19 emergency in 2020, especially in terms of implementing new rules of conduct and providing justification for penetrating interventions...