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外文出处IssuesinAccountingEducation,1997:

P129-140

外文作者StephanE.Sefcik,NaomiS.Soderstrom,

ChristopherH.Stinson

原文：

AccountingThroughGreen-ColoredGlasses:

TeachingEnvironmentalAccounting

StephanE.Sefcik,NaomiS.SoderstromandChristopherH.Stinson

ABSTRACT:

Manyfirmsarefindingthatsomeoftheirmostcostlyandchallengingaccountingproblemsareintheenvironmentalarea.Environmentalaccountingcanbedefinedsimplyasunderstanding,recognitionandincorporationoftheimpactofenvironmentalissuesuponafirm'

straditionalaccountingsub-systems.Thispaperdescribeshowenvironmentalaccountingissuescanbeincorporatedintoexistingcoursesormadethefocusofanewelective.Environmentalaccountingissuesprovideaninteresting,contemporaryandfunctionallyintegrativewaytohelpstudentsunderstandtherelationamongthedifferentareasofaccounting（i.e.,financial,managerial,informationsystems,auditingandtax）.Examplesareincludedthatdescribeenvironmentalissuesineachoftheseareas.

THEmajorthrustoftheAccountingEducationChangeCommission'

s（AECC）recommendationsistobroadenthescopeofaccountingeducation.Thetraditionalapproachtoteachingaccountinghasbeentoprovidestudentswithamle-orientedtaxonomywheretextbook-styleproblemsfitneatlyintospecifictopicalcells.Manyeducatorsfeelthatthisapproachhasbecomeinadequatefortheincreasinglycomplexaccountingissuesthatstudentswillhavetoaddressthroughouttheircareers.Classroomboundariesestablishedbetweenfinancial,managerialandotheraccountingsubdisciplinescaninterferewithstudentslearningtoincorporateinformationfromeachoftheseareasintodecisionmaking.Fewreal-worldaccountingproblemstodaycanbeconvenientlycompartmentalizedintoasingleaccountingsubdisciplineormethodology.Availablesolutionsshouldnotconstrainapproachestoproblemsolving;

rather,theproblemshoulddrivethesolutionapproach.Asaccountingeducators,wemustprepareourstudentstorespondtoaccountingissuesinthisfashion.Themostimportantskillwecanteachourstudentsistoevaluateaccountingproblemscriticallyandconsidermultipleapproachesintheprocessoftheiranalysis.Becauseenvironmentalissuesaffectallareasofaccounting,theyprovideaparticularlyeffectivevehicleforillustratinghowtointegrateinformationandapproachesfrommultipleaccountingareas—therebygivingstudentsadeeperandbroaderunderstandingofaccountingtheoryanditsapplication.

IncorporatingenvironmentalaccountingissuesintoaccountingcurriculacanbroadenthescopeandimpactofaccountingeducationinamannerconsistentwiththeAECC'

srecommendations.Inthispaper,weprovideexamplesoftopicsthatcanbeusedtoincorporateenvironmentalaccountingissuesintoexistingaccountingclasses.Specifically,wediscusshowenvironmentalissuescanbeincorporatedintoexistingcoursescoveringfinancialaccounting,managerialaccounting,informationsystems,auditingortax.Examplesareincludedthatillustrateenvironmentalissuesineachoftheseareas.Althougheachsubdisciplineisaddressedseparately,wealsoconsiderinteractionsamongtheareas.Wefurtherdiscusssomeadvantagesofcreatingastand-aloneEnvironmentalAccountingelective.Finally,theappendixpresentsselectedenvironmentalaccountingissuesthatariseinmanyoftheavailablecases.Theseexamplesareincludedtoillustratehowenvironmentalaccountingfacilitatesdiscussionoffundamentalaccountingissueswhilehighlightingtheintegrativenatureoftheaccountingfunction.

BACKGROUND

Intheacademicaccountingliteratureofthe1970s,"

environmentalaccounting"

wasconsideredpartofthemoregeneralareaof"

socialaccounting"

（e.g.,Belkaoui1976;

Ingram1978;

Ramanathan1976;

Rocknessetal.1977;

Spicer1978）.Possiblybecausetherewerefewexpliciteconomicorlegalconsequencesassociatedwithsocialaccounting,broadacademicinterestinthisareasoonfaded.However,inthepastdecadetherehasbeenasubstantialincreaseininternational,federal,stateandevenlocalenvironmentalregulation,aswellasadramaticincreaseinthenumberoflawsuitsarisingfromviolationofenvironmentallawsandregulations.Becausethesechangesaffectallareasofaccounting（andotherbusinesspracticesaswell）,considerationof"

EnvironmentalAccounting"

providesstudentswithanopportunitytoexaminehowaccountingpracticesrespondtonewlegal,economic,regulatoryandevenethicalpressures.Furthermore,firmsarebecomingmoreinterestedindevelopingandimprovingtheirownenvironmentalaccountingstrategiesandsystems（Schmidheiny1992）.Arguably,a