Accounting for Social Value / / Laurie Mook.

• VerfasserIn: Mook, Laurie,
• MitwirkendeR: Bebbington, Jan,; Brown, Leslie,; Cherkil, Manjula,; Contrafatto, Massimo,; Hicks, Elizabeth,; Jackson, Edward T.,; Johnston, Robert J.,; Mcmurtry, J.J.,; Medalye, Jacqueline,; Mook, Laurie,; Mukherjee, Ananya,; Pstross, Mikulas,; Reed, Darryl,; Ruff, Katherine,; Sadownik, Bryn,; Tarsilla, Michele,; Tyrrell, Timothy J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 5 figures

When organizations use social accounting practices, they are able to measure their performance in terms of benefits accrued to key stakeholders such as their communities, human resources, and those investing in the organization. This innovative change in accounting can lead to a fundamentally differ...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Contributors
• Part I: Introduction
• 1. Social Accounting for the Social Economy
• Part II. Developing Social Accounting Frameworks
• 2. Developing Techniques for Stewardship: A Scottish Study
• 3. Fair Trade Intermediaries and Social Accounting: The Case of Assisi Organics
• 4. Stakeholder Engagement in the Design of Social Accounting and Reporting Tools
• 5. Mixed Methods in Social Accounting: Evaluating the Micro-Loan Program of Alterna Savings Credit Union
• 6. The Demonstrating Value Initiative: Social Accounting for Social Enterprises
• 7. Measuring the Performance of Convention and Visitors Bureaus
• Part III. Moving Forward
• 8. Environmental, Ethical Trade, and Fair Trade Purchasing Policies: Some Challenges of Promoting Sustainability in Canadian Universities
• 9. The Role of Intermediaries in Social Accounting: Insights from Effective Transparency Systems
• 10. Social Accounting: Lessons Learned for the Road Ahead