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Rachunkowość na rzecz zrównoważonego rozwoju
Accounting for sustainable development

Author(s): Marta Mazurowska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: accountancy; sustainable development; Corporate Social Responsibility

Summary/Abstract: The natural implication of growing importance of sustainable development and Corporate Social Responsibility was the need to develop a system of accounting solutions, which could provide information on the methods and results of the implementation of the above concepts in economic entities. The purpose of this article is to present the origin of the concept of sustainable development and its impact on accounting. The text elaborates on the genesis of the concept of sustainable development and CSR. Further attention is focused on the role of accounting in the implementation of the above-mentioned ideas and highlights the related dilemmas.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 329
  • Page Range: 225-231
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish