Organizing Transnational Accountability

Bys: Garsten, Christina and Bostr?m, Magnus

This book adds a multi-disciplinary organizational perspective to the theoretical analysis of political accountability and argues for a broadening of the conventional understanding of the concepts of responsibility and accountability. There is increasing pressure for accountability, driven by such factors as the globalization of markets, media reports of corporate misconduct, environmental destruction and the violation of human rights. In response,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184542901X
• ISBN13: 9781845429010
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 296 Pages