Question

how would you respond??

Proposed Research Topic :

A comedy of errors – accounting theory is fundamentally unable to assist in exploring accounting practice,

enhancing our understanding or exploring a future for accounting practice in a brave new era of integrated reporting’

Proposal required for entry to Doctoral Program

required

1. What possible theoretical approaches might be adopted for this study ? Identify and justify.

2. What questions might need to be asked to explore this topic area.

3. Assume the prospective student has sought outside assistance to put the topic together and had agreed to pay $1000

4. for assistance.

5. Would such actions be ethically justifiable?

6. Would this be a wise approach to gain entry to a research program?

7. What might be the risks of gaining entry in this way?

8. Would your answer be different if the assistance was to cost only $2

Answer 1

1) I am not agreed that new era of integral accounting will not be based on accounting theory.
Accounting theory like Double Entry System and Accounting concept i.e. Matching Concept etc
are always be truthful to any new system or era . For example SAP technology was also adopted
globally but the basic of accounting in SAP is adopting the concept of matching, valuation, accrual,
Money measurement etc. If missing of these concept then thing will be " Comedy of Error."
2) Various question offcourse need to ask:
> Whether Double entry methodology continue ?
> Manual touch limtation ?
> Whether accounting principal getting compromise?
3-8) Ethically it is not justifiable for getting assistant by paing $ 1,000 in any manner
as research is a practical independent effort need to perform the same. That person
will not get benefited in main objective by doing this unethical thing. If there is fair
amount like $ 2 then the same can be in right way.
* As I understood both question is seprate.