Professional accounting environment in Brunei Darussalam
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
ISSN: 0951-3574
Article publication date: 1 August 1999
Abstract
This paper analyses the professional accounting environment in Brunei Darussalam with particular reference to the organisation of practitioners. In terms of the wealth of the country, its stable economic, social and political structure, the formal regulatory structures in place and the ongoing British influence, one might expect to find a vigorous accountancy profession in place, actively pursuing a collective mobility project. However, such an expectation would be misplaced. Drawing upon the functionalist, interactionist and critical theories of the professions, as synthesised by Willmott, this paper explains the lack of a powerful accounting profession in Brunei and speculates as to whether such a profession might emerge, in particular one capable of adequately gauging and safeguarding the public interest. The paper argues the case for the negative given the prevailing market, institutional and power structures.
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Citation
Senarath Yapa, P.W. (1999), "Professional accounting environment in Brunei Darussalam", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 328-340. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513579910277393
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:MCB UP Ltd
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