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"'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth. It is essential to the well-being of the planet. There is now a scientific consensus around the current ongoing crisis in biodiversity arising from both climate change and human activities. Experts believe we are in the middle of a mass extinction of biodiversity with devastating consequences for our planet. Accounting for Biodiversity explores the need for companies to actively protect, conserve and improve biodiversity within their sphere of operation. The 14 chapters written by a selected team of experts investigate the ways in which companies are embracing their responsibility through a variety of biodiversity initiatives and innovative models designed to improve the recording, reporting and valuing of biodiversity. Global case studies look at biodiversity accounting in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe and South America. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive set of reflections on accounting for biodiversity and recommendations for the future. This book is essential reading for all those interested in the contribution that accounting can make to the preservation of accounting. As we see increasing awareness of the importance of sustainability and ecological responsibility in business activity it is relevant and should prove informative to students, managers, accountants and those in business more generally. It is also important for all those interested in conserving biodiversity. "--

"Business scandals are always with us from the South Sea Bubble to Enron and Parmalat. As accounting forms a central element of any business success or failure, the role of accounting is crucial in understanding business scandals. This book aims to explore the role of accounting, particularly creative accounting and fraud, in business scandals. The book is divided into three parts. In Part A the background and context of creative accounting and fraud is explored. Part B looks at a series of international accounting scandals and Part C draws some themes and implications from the country studies."--Provided by publisher

Contents -- Preface -- List of Subscribers -- Pierre Chaplais: a Personal Memoir -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography of Pierre Chaplais -- 1 Was it Infancy in England? Some Questions Comparison -- 2 Succession and Politics in the Romance-speaking World, c. 1000-1140 -- 3 England and Germany, 1050-1350 -- 4 Anglo-Scottish Relations, 1066-1174 -- 5 England and Iberia in the Middle Ages -- 6 King Henry III, the Crusade and the Mediterranean -- 7 Anglo-Welsh Relations, 1066-1282 -- 8 England and Ireland, 1171-1399