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dc.contributor.authorMoore, Louellaen_US
dc.dateAugust 2019
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-06T21:38:33Z
dc.date.available2023-02-06T21:38:33Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-1
dc.identifier.otherSchool of Business Working Paper Series; No. 219en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://wuir.washburn.edu/handle/10425/3065
dc.description.abstractOrthodox accounting and economic literature treats individuals as having full agency for rational decision making within the self-evident boundaries of a firm. Agency theory downplays the indirect mechanisms of social control as it implicitly assumes a direct link between controllers and the controlled. In contrast, scholars outside the accounting discipline see individuals as highly constrained by social forces. This paper uses a comparative biography of Robert Owen (1771-1858), Henry Ford (1863-1947), and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) to explore how institutional forces can operate to limit personal agency and marginalize unorthodox ideas. The paper illustrates how the press, religious leaders, selective service classifications, postal regulations, and tax audits were used as indirect mechanisms for the suppression of socialist ideology. The paper concludes with ramifications for modern accounting pedagogy.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKaw Valley Banken_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWashburn University. School of Businessen_US
dc.subjectAccounting - Moral and ethical aspectsen_US
dc.subjectIndustries - Social aspectsen_US
dc.subjectSocial responsibility of businessen_US
dc.subjectOwen, Robert (1771-1858)en_US
dc.subjectFord, Henry (1863-1947)en_US
dc.subjectHaldeman-Julius, E.(Emanuel) (1888-1951)en_US
dc.titleExploring Agency and Social Control through Comparative Biography : Robert Owen, Henry Ford, and E. Haldeman-Juliusen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US


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