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This comment aims to clarify the ambiguity in Ijiri's fairness question and its relation to accountability in accounting.

Ijiri and Fairness: A Comment

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Comment discusses ambiguity in accounting's fairness question and its moral implications.

This comment aims to clarify the ambiguity in Ijiri's fairness question and its relation to accountability in accounting.
Analysis of Ijiri's formulation of the fairness question.
Examination of accountability as the foundation of accounting.
Critical assessment of literature on accounting's purpose and fairness.
Ijiri's dual metaphors for accounting create ambiguity regarding fairness.
Argues that accountability may enhance the role of accounting in promoting societal fairness.
Challenges the perception of accounting as merely a technical field, advocating for its moral considerations.

Paul F. Williams (2026) studied this question.

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