Accounting as the 'Language' of Paradigm Shift: A Case Study of Organizational Change in a Heritage Organization

The Critical Perspectives conference is designed to look at the history, practice, and future of the accounting profession in an expansive framework that includes consideration of social conflict and market economy winners and losers. Topics and themes include: Subprime Sagas, The Big 4 After Enron; SOX, Lessons from Andersen; Resisting and Transforming the Commodification of Practice and Teaching; Race & Class; Institutional Failures—Litigation, Malpractice & Competition; Impact of Information Technologies; Global Warming, Ecology & Green Accounting; European and African accounting issues; Globalization and International Issues; Public Sector and Healthcare Issues; Critical Histories—Auditing as Social Dialogue and the Poetry of Accounting.