Economy of traces traceability, tracking, and the accounts we live by Michael Power

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Power, Michael (Professor of Accounting), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accounting--Philosophy.

Accounting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

illustration

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press, 2026.

New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

Practices of tracking and tracing have a long history, yet they are expanding in scale and scope in the digital age with important consequences for the accounts which shape our organizational and everyday lives. At a time when the benefits of traceability for assuring quality, maintaining security, and supporting knowledge-creation must be balanced with needs for privacy and accountability, this text delivers an analysis of the implications of traceability for the many accounts we live by. Issues about why we trace, what we trace, and how we trace have become critical, and the book draws upon thinking in accounting, philosophy, and sociology to understand the different facets of traceability, including connectivity, organization, governance, risk, personhood, and knowledge generation

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 14, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780197681527

0197681522

9780197681503

0197681506

9780197681510

0197681514

OCLC:

1583402905

Publisher Number:

CIPO000373960

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license