Factors affecting the application of social responsibility accounting

Hung, D.; Tuan, T.; Anh, N.

Abstract: Vietnam is facing a lot of social problems such as excessive resources exploitation, social imbalance, threatened natural environment, etc. The majority of enterprises in Vietnam care about profits and they are blamed for harmful effects on the environment and society. Social responsibility accounting is applied as a tool which evaluates efforts to protect the environment and ensure the social stability of the businesses. Therefore, social responsibility accounting is essential to help administrators propose business strategies combining with environment conservation most appropriately. This research focuses on four factors affecting the application of the social responsibility accounting in Vietnamese enterprises. In this paper, SPSS 20 was used to collect and analysis data from Vietnamese enterprises. From this, recommendations can be given so that the enterprises can apply social responsibility accounting and promote it widely in Vietnam.

How to cite this paper

 Hung, D., Tuan, T & Anh, N. (2020). Factors affecting the application of social responsibility accounting.Accounting, 6(4), 597-604.

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