No one is perfect: The limits of transparency and an ethic for 'intelligent' accountability

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 957-970

  Roberts, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 69249231005     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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