Introduction -- Descriptive perspectives on accounting ethics : what factors influence the way accountants respond to ethical dilemmas? -- Normative perspectives on accounting ethics : how should accountants behave? -- Political moral philosophy and accounting ethics : why should accountants be...

Purpose – Using the recent attempts by the Ghanaian Government to privatize its urban water services, this paper seeks to understand the role and functioning of accounting within the global move to “reinvent government.” Design/methodology/approach – Unlike the attempts made in other...