INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICE: RETHINKING ACCOUNTING EDUCATION AND IMPLICATIONS WITH ENGAGEMENT IN PRACTICE A CRITICAL REVIEW

ODO, John Onyemaechi and Val-Eke, Ifeoma Florence (2025) INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICE: RETHINKING ACCOUNTING EDUCATION AND IMPLICATIONS WITH ENGAGEMENT IN PRACTICE A CRITICAL REVIEW. Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting and Finance, 12 (2). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2837-1895

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Abstract

This paper titled Interdisciplinarity in Sustainability Practice: Rethinking Accounting Education and Implications with Engagement in Practice a critical review sought to discuss some of the major issues that arise when attempting to integrate sustainability into the accounting learning environment. When topics like ethics, social responsibility, environmental and social accounting, and, most recently, sustainability, are introduced into the accounting curriculum, these worries become much more pressing. Due to their frequently personal and difficult nature, which seems to sit so awkwardly with the norms of accounting and its educational practices, these topics have not only struggled to find any place in the core accounting curriculum but have also encountered varying degrees of resistance from educators and students. This paper explored through historical and literature review, the accounting fundamental framework looking at its historical perspective. It equally considered broadening the boundaries of accounting through sustainability accounting and provided the linkage between accounting education and the 17 United Nations, sustainable development goals by mapping the SDG’s goals’ interconnection in the light of accountancy contribution. The paper found that addressing complex and wicked problems in accounting requires interdisciplinary approaches, whereby the accounting discipline must move beyond its technical origins. It therefore concluded that dialogue between accounting and other disciplines is necessary to gain deeper appreciation of the social, technical and moral implications of accounting in context. The paper finally recommended the adoption of the painter Morland’s matrix of sustainability integration and also the fifth-dimension model in accounting curriculum to foster its inter-disciplinary approach.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting
Divisions:	Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User:	mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2025 12:18
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2025 12:18
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4782

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