This Research Handbook focuses on the collective ethical issues facing the accounting profession, as well as the users of services provided by accountants today. Providing an overview of contemporary accounting and ethics issues around the world, the Research Handbook on Accounting and Ethics discusses the ethical considerations involved in each of the major areas of activity in accounting, including external and internal auditing, tax, forensic accounting, and governance. Chapters feature discussions on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and data analytics in accounting, the effectiveness of anti-corruption agencies in Africa, and accounting ethics education in Hong Kong and Macau. It also proposes new areas of research relating to accounting and ethics, through cross-fertilization with other disciplines and presenting multiple innovative perspectives. Offering discussions on a wide range of topics and research methods, this Research Handbook will be essential reading for students and scholars in accounting ethics, and business ethics. Accounting standards setters, policymakers, practitioners, and regulators will find this a useful resource for encouraging reflection on the ethical ramifications of their professional duties.

Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management aims to advance knowledge of the governance and management of corporate environmental impacts and the accounting for these, including issues related to measurement, valuation, and disclosure. It also aims to increase the awareness of management, accounting practitioners, investors and other stakeholders of the financial and social consequences of corporate environmental impacts, encouraging greater environmental accountability and responsibility. The first chapter in this volume (Dr Yousuf Kamal) is set in the context of the Bangladeshi garment industry, while the second chapter (Delphine Gibassier) explores the practice of water accounting. The remainder of this volume presents three chapters from the 3rd French Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, guest edited by Sophie Giordano-Spring, Jonathan Maurice and Charles H. Cho. These chapters consider sustainability in Canadian CPA teaching programmes (Emilio Boulianne and S. Leanne Keddie); mandatory environmental reporting in France (Juliette Senn); and CSR reporting practices in Brazil and South Korea (Hyemi Shin and Adrian Zicari).