Purpose – This paper aims to better understand why neoliberal governance is so resilient to the crises that frequently affect all or part of the economy. Design/methodology/approach – The argument of this paper relies on a macroanalysis of discourses surrounding the Global Financial Crisis....

Cet article s'intéresse au renforcement de l'agenda néolibéral de managérialisation des États dans le contexte de crises qui pourraient, en principe, mettre à l'épreuve sa légitimité. À travers le cas du maquillage des statistiques publiques de l'État grec, nous étudions comment les...

This paper questions the ideal of comparability, which is often mobilized by standard setters when justifying new - or 'improvement' to existing - accounting standards. The target of our analysis is constituted by the thoughts of sophisticated users of financial statements when reflecting about...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine how auditors sought to establish their trustworthiness as trust providers on the internet; a vision which has remained largely unrealized. The investigation focuses on the WebTrust assurance project, launched by the North American accounting institutes to...

Les auditeurs financiers sont aujourd'hui perçus de manière paradoxale. Ils nous apparaissent comme simultanément délétères et salvateurs, peu fiables et pourtant dignes de confiance : à la fois légitimes et illégitimes. Le présent article vise à mieux comprendre ce paradoxe-là, peu...

This paper provides fieldwork evidence, which solidifies an emerging view in literature, regarding the limitations of the panoptical metaphor in informing meaningfully and productively the analysis of contemporary surveillance and control. Our thesis is that the panopticon metaphor, which...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine, through a qualitative study, how auditor independence is socially constructed within the network of individuals involved in the realization of ISO 14001 audit engagements – ISO auditors, consultants, and managers of certified companies. The paper...

Bien que le paradigme positiviste constitue le principal segment de recherche en comptabilité, depuis les deux dernières décennies un certain nombre de chercheurs comptables anglo-saxons en sont venus à baser leurs travaux de recherche sur les œuvres de penseurs et sociologues français...