Accounting and Auditing in the Age of Sustainability and AI
A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Business and Entrepreneurship".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2027 | Viewed by 5241
Special Issue Editors
Interests: financial reporting; earnings management; real activities manipulation; audit quality
2. Gulf Finance Centre, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Mishref, Kuwait
Interests: accounting and auditing; management control systems; education and learning; organisational changes; mergers and acquisitions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Financial accounting and auditing lie at the heart of trust, transparency, and accountability within modern economies. Yet with the rapidly evolving financial and regulatory environment today, traditional approaches to reporting and assurance are increasingly being called into question. Complex corporate structures, digitalisation, sustainability pressures, expanding stakeholder expectations, and emergence of new challenges and opportunities by AI demand accounting and auditing systems that are not only rigorous but also flexible, forward-looking, and socially and environmentally aware.
This Special Issue in the Journal of Risk and Financial Management seeks to integrate contemporary advancements in financial accounting, and auditing with new knowledge from allied fields. Submissions that cover the evolving role of accounting and auditing in ensuring accountability and detecting irregularities, and the integration of management accounting in strategic decision-making are particularly encouraged. We also welcome papers on environmental and social reporting, reflecting the growing importance of sustainability disclosures and non-financial performance metrics.
Papers addressing taxation, government accounting, and the interplay among regulation, technology particularly AI, and professional judgement are also invited. We are especially keen to see studies that do not merely describe problems but offer theoretical, methodological, or policy solutions founded on robust empirical findings.
In inviting this Special Issue, we seek to balance the timeless foundations of accounting and auditing with the pressing demands of a global economy in transition. We invite innovative and rigorous submissions pushing the boundaries of how we envision transparency, assurance, and accountability in the 21st century.
Dr. Naser Makarem
Prof. Dr. Hassan Yazdifar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- financial reporting
- financial accounting
- auditing
- forensic accounting
- accounting information systems
- management accounting
- social and environmental reporting
- taxation
- governmental accounting
- AI
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