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| Author: | Messner, M. |
| Title: | The limits of accountability |
| Journal: | Accounting, Organizations and Society
2009 : NOV, VOL. 34:8, p. 918-938 |
| Index terms: | accountability ethics |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper deals with the question of whether more accountability (hereafter as: acc-ty.) is always and unambiguously desirable from the view point of ethics by inquiring into the limits that the accountable self (herein as: a-s.) faces when giving an account. Building on Judith Butler's recent work, the a-s. is decribed as an opaque, exposed, and mediated self inherently limited in its ability to give an account of itself. Due to these limits, demands for acc-ty. cannot always be expected to get fully met. The ethical importance of recognizing this limited nature of acc-ty. is pointed out. |
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