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Environmental reporting in public sector organizations: A review of literature for the future paths of research 公共部门组织的环境报告：未来研究方向的文献综述

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12411

Francesca Cappellieri, Rosa Lombardi, Michele Pizzo, Rosa Vinciguerra

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Unfolding crowd‐based accountability of a charity fund during the war 战争期间以人群为基础的慈善基金问责制的展开

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12410

Valeriia Melnyk, Olga Iermolenko, Carolyn Cordery

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Tribute for Irvine Lapsley 悼念欧文-拉普斯莱

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12405

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Making sense of climate change in central government annual reports and accounts: A comparative case study between the United Kingdom and Norway 中央政府年度报告和账目中的气候变化问题：英国与挪威的比较案例研究

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12409

Victoria C. Edgar, Elaine Stewart

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Resilience and adaptation of third sector organizations (TSOs) during crisis situations: Insights from a West African economy 第三部门组织（TSOs）在危机情况下的复原力和适应力：西非经济体的启示

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12408

Temitope Fagbemi, Oluwatoyin Dosumu, Rasheed Adigun, Franklin Nakpodia, Rilwan Sakariyahu

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Drivers of sustainability reporting by local governments over time: A structured literature review 地方政府随时间推移进行可持续发展报告的驱动因素：结构化文献综述

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12407

André Mol, Vera van Schie, Tjerk Budding

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Local government enterprises climate action: An exploration of New Zealand container seaports’ climate‐related disclosure practices 地方政府企业的气候行动：新西兰集装箱海港气候相关信息披露实践探索

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12406

Dimu Ehalaiye, Olayinka Moses, Fawzi Laswad, Nives Botica Redmayne

{"title":"Local government enterprises climate action: An exploration of New Zealand container seaports’ climate‐related disclosure practices","authors":"Dimu Ehalaiye, Olayinka Moses, Fawzi Laswad, Nives Botica Redmayne","doi":"10.1111/faam.12406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12406","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines voluntary climate‐related disclosure practices among New Zealand (NZ) container seaports, in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG13) on climate action. Using a uniquely constructed Climate Change Disclosure Index (CCDI) and interviews, it assesses disclosure practices aligned with the Task Force on Climate‐related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework. The CCDI results indicate a 20% average level of climate‐related disclosures. Governance (36%) is the leading thematic area, whereas others track behind with limited disclosures among the sampled hybrid seaport entities. Evidence from the interviews reveals financial and legitimacy considerations, stakeholders, and community expectations, including forthcoming regulations, to be motivations for climate‐related disclosures. However, technological limitations, Scope 3 measurement, and regulatory inconsistencies constrain progressive climate actions of these entities. The study emphasizes the need for adaptable approaches to climate change beyond policy mandates and contributes to our understanding of sustainability practices in public sector hybrid entities. The findings hold implications for SDG13 attainment and the development of climate‐related accounting standards.","PeriodicalId":47120,"journal":{"name":"Financial Accountability & Management","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141549510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A multicountry analysis of local government financial vulnerability during the 2020 pandemic considering systemic factors 考虑到系统性因素，对 2020 年大流行期间地方政府财政脆弱性的多国分析

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-06-24 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12403

Emanuele Padovani, Silvia Iacuzzi, Jelena Poljasevic, Simone Valle de Souza

{"title":"A multicountry analysis of local government financial vulnerability during the 2020 pandemic considering systemic factors","authors":"Emanuele Padovani, Silvia Iacuzzi, Jelena Poljasevic, Simone Valle de Souza","doi":"10.1111/faam.12403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12403","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID‐19 pandemic cut across geographical, sectorial, and policy boundaries and imposed difficult health, economic, and social challenges. Among many learnings, after the 2007–2008 global financial crisis and the austerity period that followed it, the economic and health crises forged by the COVID‐19 pandemic in 2020 offer an important experience to make local governments (LGs) more financially resilient and ready to deal with similar shocks.This paper builds on a recent framework to investigate the impact of the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic on LG financial vulnerability looking at both contingent and systemic aspects. It addresses the need for a multicountry perspective on the effects of the pandemic and responds to calls to test existing models. Seven countries were chosen to represent different administrative contexts and traditions to understand what factors impact the local level in a time of crisis. Results demonstrate that not only contingent aspects but also systemic factors and the initial level of financial vulnerability influenced the responses to the pandemic, confirming findings about the importance of initial conditions and “path dependency” by previous studies.","PeriodicalId":47120,"journal":{"name":"Financial Accountability & Management","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141549513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: Exploring resilience in the third sector 暴发户的刀光剑影：探索第三部门的复原力

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12400

Noel Hyndman, Irvine Lapsley, Mariannuziata Liguori

{"title":"The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: Exploring resilience in the third sector","authors":"Noel Hyndman, Irvine Lapsley, Mariannuziata Liguori","doi":"10.1111/faam.12400","DOIUrl":"10.1111/faam.12400","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This Special Issue is based on a selection of papers initially presented at the conference on “Resilience and the Third Sector” (Institute of Public Sector Accounting Research, University of Edinburgh, November 2022). The third sector is pervasive in most societies and makes a distinctive and widely-recognized contribution to the public good by building social capital, frequently affording a foundation for social cohesiveness. However, it is a fragile sector that is significantly affected by crises (the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune). These have the potential to curtail the capacity of third-sector organizations (TSOs) to deliver societal benefits and, in the most extreme cases, even threaten their survival. Given this, the resilience of TSOs (albeit this term has multiple layers and manifold meanings) is critical. This paper explores a range of connotations linked to third-sector resilience and explores contemporary evidence (including the papers in this Special Issue) as to how the sector identifies, manages, and learns from crises. In addition, it provides a brief outline research agenda as a basis for encouraging researchers to focus on resilience in TSOs and enhance knowledge. It is argued that more rigorous, evidence-based research of this nature has the potential to positively influence practice in the sector, as well as policy formulation by government and others who steer TSOs.</p>","PeriodicalId":47120,"journal":{"name":"Financial Accountability & Management","volume":"40 3","pages":"247-259"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/faam.12400","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141270123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fostering sustainability in local government: The institutional work perspective on the accounting–management nexus 促进地方政府的可持续发展：从机构工作角度看会计与管理的关系

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Financial Accountability & Management Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.1111/faam.12399

Lotta-Maria Sinervo, Elina Vikstedt, Mika Luhtala, Harri Laihonen, Olga Welinder

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