A Radical Approach to Accounting Education

This book presents a series of articles by Dr Kieran
James and selected co-authors who present a radical
holistic approach to accounting and business ethics
education. The authors draw upon existentialist and
Marxist philosophy, Freudian psychology and popular
culture in the classroom to foster education and
development of the whole person. The authors reject
the traditional divides between "professional"
and "personal" lives and between the "economic" and
the "social" that encourage alienation and
careerism. The punk rock music of the Clash and the
character Raskolnikov in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime
and Punishment are used as powerful illustrations of
critiques of established social institutions and
self re-creation through helping others. In the
final article, Kieran James and Setsuo Otsuka
explore employment prospects for minority groups in
accounting in Australia and reflect on the social
and cultural obstacles that may need to be removed
before a truly multi-cultural workforce can emerge.
This article also reflects on how accounting
education can better equip Chinese and minority
students to work successfully in Australia.

Autorentext

Dr Kieran James is a Senior Lecturer at University of Southern Queensland (Australia). He has 17 years of teaching experience and has published extensively in leading scholarly journals. His research interests include accounting and business ethics education, employment prospects for minority groups, and the sociology of punk music.

Klappentext

This book presents a series of articles by Dr Kieran James and selected co-authors who present a radical holistic approach to accounting and business ethics education. The authors draw upon existentialist and Marxist philosophy, Freudian psychology and popular culture in the classroom to foster education and development of the whole person. The authors reject the traditional divides between "professional" and "personal" lives and between the "economic" and the "social" that encourage alienation and careerism. The punk rock music of the Clash and the character Raskolnikov in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment are used as powerful illustrations of critiques of established social institutions and self re-creation through helping others. In the final article, Kieran James and Setsuo Otsuka explore employment prospects for minority groups in accounting in Australia and reflect on the social and cultural obstacles that may need to be removed before a truly multi-cultural workforce can emerge. This article also reflects on how accounting education can better equip Chinese and minority students to work successfully in Australia.