Purpose – The purpose of this Special Issue of Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management is to focus on qualitative research in accounting from a North American perspective. The goal is to highlight the possibility of greater contributions to qualitative research in accounting from...

We examine the sustainability reporting activities of companies in controversial industries, e.g., alcohol, firearms, for-profit prisons, gambling, tobacco, marijuana and payday loans. For each industry we identify its controversial social problem – the “elephant in the room.” We then...

The purpose of this paper is to study the evolution of environmental management controls of the Michelin Company, and see how they achieve- or not, to bring Michelin closer to a contribution to sustainability. By putting Michelin’s environmental management controls in perspective with the...