Accountability of Accounting Stakeholders

Md. Azim; Jesmin Ara

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Md. Azim
Jesmin Ara

Keywords:

accounting, accountability, stakeholder of accounting, responsibility of the accounting stakeholder, reliable and relevant accounting information

Abstract

The aim of this study is to depict the accountability of various stakeholders of accounting to ensure the accountability of accounting. The study identifies that responsibility, roles, sincerity, professional expertise of accounting stakeholders and ethical environment can ensure relevant, reliable and consistent accounting information which ultimately ensure the accountability of accounting. So, every stakeholder should act rationally on their aspects to uphold the accountability of accounting and this will make the accounting information useful to the users.

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Accountability of Accounting Stakeholders. (2015). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 15(14), 5-10. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/

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