成本會計、道德責任與會計準則外文文獻翻譯（節(jié)選）

1、<p>　　2200單詞，12500英文字符，中文3400字</p><p>　　文獻出處: Pashang H, Österlund U, Johansson K. Cost Accounting, Ethical Accountability, and Accounting Principles [J]. Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing,

2、 2014, 10(1): 20-31.</p><p>　　http://www.wenku1.com/news/132AD72FF6F1129D.html</p><p><b>　　原文</b></p><p>　　Cost Accounting, Ethical Accountability, and Accounting Princi

3、ples</p><p>　　Hossein Pashang, Urban Österlund, Kjell Johansson</p><p>　　This essay explains why cost accounting, ethical accountability, and accounting principles are interrelated concepts

4、. During the past two decades, the relationship between accounting systems and discharge of accountability has increasingly drawn the attention of researchers. However, researchers have shown a marginal interest in the i

5、nclusion and examination of the theme of cost accounting, and in particular, no interest has been oriented to explore the potential role of cost accounting in servi</p><p>　　Keywords: accountability deficit,

6、 principle of invested cost, ethical accountability</p><p>　　Perspectives and Problems of the Essay</p><p>　　This essay is concerned with a set of problems related to the accountability of the a

7、ccounting communication of the invested costs. Firms invest in certain areas, and in many occasions, avoid investing in areas which may be vital for the survival of business life in society. The accounting systems of the

8、 firms do not communicate the invested costs and do not inform the users of accounts about the circumstances in which cost investments were avoided. The accountability gap between firms’ investme</p><p>　　To

9、 the point is the notion that language of cost accounting is considered being central in the establishment of accountability for investments. The users of accounts need information about the invested resources and the gi

10、vers of accounts are accountable to inform the users of the nature of their investments. By reflecting on the symbolic capability of cost accounting, we will attempt to improve costing-based accountability communication.

11、</p><p>　　In this essay, we are concerned with the analysis of cost accounting as an independent subject that can serve communication of the ethical accountability in a more trustful way. We will argue that

12、academic research interest for decision-making-based models of costs together with the wide-ranging critics of the technical aspects of cost accounting (Kaplan, 1984, 1988) had the consequence of neglecting the instituti

13、onal, ethical, and potential role of cost accounting in the provisions of accounts </p><p>　　We try to get to grips with accountability deficits by addressing three main questions. The first question is of a

14、 conceptual nature. We will argue that misunderstanding of the conceptual and technical features of cost accounting is one of the problems that caused accountability deficits. Cost accounting is guided by accounting prin

15、ciples and that paradigm of cost accounting is not detached from the paradigm of financial accounting. Few people can dispute the notion that cost accounting is an ex</p><p>　　The second question is related

16、to the notion of accountability deficits. Those who invest costs and put to use the firms resources are also accountable for reporting how these resources are used. Cost accounting and cost accountability are not separab

17、le and the separation and misconception of the two are causes of the accountability deficits. Relevant to the points, which will be gradually developed in this essay, is the notion that accounting of the invested costs i

18、s the most informative and ch</p><p>　　The third question is of evaluative or analytical type. What is the potential capacity of cost accounting to serve a broader requirement with regard to accountability e

19、xplanation? As has been mentioned, cost accounting can provide useful information about the discharge of accountability. To be more concrete on this point, accounting of the invested costs, for example, on products/servi

20、ces, on assets, on personnel, on control tools, on education, on sustainability and social activities,etc., prov</p><p>　　Thus, this essay pursues to provide some reasons and aspirations for the understandin

21、g of cost accounting as the main subject of accounting scholarship. One objective is to bring forward the potential role and usefulness of cost accounting in serving ethical accountability. Another objective is to contri

22、bute with the consideration that paradigm of cost accounting is essentially independent and conceptually different from the paradigm of behavioral cost models.</p><p>　　To the point is the notion that the ov

23、erall purpose of this essay should not be searched in the descriptions of the advantages of the traditional cost accounting. The advantages of cost accounting, in our view, should be drawn from its broader potential role

24、s, or its symbolic capacity, in solving the current problem of accountability deficits. The principal focus of this essay is thus to highlight this hidden and often purposely suppressed potential.</p><p>　　T

25、his essay is arranged in five sections. It begins with a review of literature and follows with the paradigmatic definition of cost accounting with an emphasis on its professional and objectivity nature. In the third sect

26、ion, the legal connotation of cost accounting will be highlighted. In the forth section, the history of the origin of cost accounting will be presented. In the final sections, the potential role of cost accounting in ser

27、ving ethical accountability will be brought forward. The es</p><p>　　Literature Review</p><p>　　In textbooks of business education, cost accounting is almost a neglected topic (Drury, 2007; Horn

28、gren, Foster, & Datar, 1994; Anderson, Needles, & Caldwell, 1996). The dominant theme of education is managerial models of costs with an exclusive focus on decision-making and control. The T-account perspective o

29、f cost accounting is totally eliminated from the textbooks, which means that cost information is not disclosed for the purpose of independent examinations. The adopted managerial emphasis pr</p><p>　　In some

30、 of the management accounting textbooks, cost accounting appears as a coherent paradigm of “managerial accounting”. Such interpretation was boosted by the so-called gurus of the cost accounting, such as Kaplan (1984) who

31、 defined cost accounting as a useless model among several other managerial cost models. For example, Kaplan stressed that return on investment (ROI) is the only useful and widespread cost accounting upon which a firm’s i

32、ncentive-based payment is modeled. Firstly, it should</p><p>　　As a result of this type of misconceptions and definitional ambiguity (see March (1987) for further remarks), cost accounting was repeatedly pre

33、sented in articles and other textbooks as static and timeless inscriptions with recurring format as if it is similar with managerial accounting. It is constantly equated with diverse cost models and key ratios which thei

34、r scope does not expand beyond a simple equation and timeless presentation of facts. Cost accounting, as it is treated in the current te</p><p>　　The theme of cost accounting is also neglected in research. T

35、he unjustified critical views of cost accounting, which were formed by references into the narrowly understood managerial decision-making discourse, resulted in the abandonment of cost accounting as an object of research

36、. For example, a number of influential writers, such as Horngren, Drury, Johansson, and Kaplan, provoked and intensively boosted the idea that cost accounting is not relevant for decision-making. This type of authoritat&

37、lt;/p><p>　　In the dominant and authoritative cost accounting literature, it is repeatedly recommended that the theme of cost accounting to be conceived either as irrelevant (Johnson & Kaplan, 1987) or as s

38、ubservience of managerial decision-making and profit maximization (Horngren et al., 1994; Drury, 2007). In particular, the notion of “irrelevant”, repeatedly emphasized in the literature, had some practical bearing. A ph

39、ilosophical statement stressed by James (2000) may contribute to interpreting the prac</p><p>　　According to James (2000), “our conceptions of things are no more than our idea of their sensible effects” (p.

40、xv). That is to say that the “sensible effects” of the recommended proposition of the “relevant lost” repeatedly promoted by gurus of cost accounting, were nothing more than: (1) to increase the accountability deficit of

41、 reporting upon the invested costs; and (2) to help establish a new rule of the game for cost reporting.</p><p>　　The remodelling of cost accounting as new rules of the game emerged under the headline of ABC

42、 system. In terms of this transformation, it is thought that practical reasoning, practical experience, and objectivity of cost information should be replaced by behavioral assumptions. James (2000) further argued that c

43、onceptions of things have “conceivable bearing upon the conduct of experience” (p. xv). There is no doubt that ABC system is a product of the conceptual experiment for the purpose of cond</p><p>　　Review of

44、the literature, presented so far, has contributed with two points. Efforts for the elimination of cost accounting stopped the research for improving the cost accounting. The behavioral cost models cannot serve accountabi

45、lity of the invested costs. Problem of “fact selections” makes these models irrelevant for the communication of ethical accountability.</p><p><b>　　譯文</b></p><p>　　成本會計、道德責任與會計準則<

46、/p><p>　　Hossein Pashang, Urban Osterlund, Kjell Johansson</p><p>　　本文闡述了為什么成本會計，道德責任和會計準則是相互關聯(lián)概念。在過去的二十年里，會計制度和履行責任之間的關系已越來越引起研究者的關注。然而，研究人員對成本會計這一主題顯示出了巨大的興趣，特別是，對于探索成本會計的潛在作用，關于履行責任顯示出了興趣。在本文中，我

47、們將推斷，傳統(tǒng)的成本會計從根本上不同于管理成本會計。傳統(tǒng)的成本會計是建立在倫理、法律、專業(yè)和原則導向基礎上的。探索兩個成本會計話語之間的差異，我們對成本會計的潛在作用的理解已經被嚴重歪曲了，本文將用我們的學術教育水平打消當前持懷疑態(tài)度的觀點。</p><p>　　關鍵詞：責任缺失，投資成本的原則，道德責任</p><p><b>　　本文的觀點與問題</b></

48、p><p>　　本文關注會計溝通投資成本的責任等一系列問題。公司投資某些領域，在很多場合下，需要避免投資領域可能對企業(yè)的生存產生重大威脅。公司的會計制度不考慮投資成本也不告知投資者情況，以避免不必要的投資成本。公司對于資源的投資與通信資源投資的責任差距在于成本會計的不斷擴大。我們將這種差距看成嚴重的責任缺失，并提高問責的投資成本，試圖對成本類別做一個系統(tǒng)的評估。</p><p>　　成本會計這

49、一概念的主要內容是以建立投資問責制為中心。賬戶的使用者需要熟悉投入的資源，賬戶的主人應當告知賬戶使用者他們投資的性質。通過反映成本會計的象征功能，我們將試圖改善基于成本的責任溝通。</p><p>　　在本文中，我們將成本會計作為一個獨立課題進行研究，這樣，他就能以一種更加深信不疑的方式為道德責任提供信息。我們認為基于學術研究興趣基礎上的決定，成本模型與成本會計的技術方面受到了廣泛的批評(卡普蘭,1984,198

50、8)，是由于忽視了制度性、道德和成本會計規(guī)定賬戶在公司發(fā)展中的潛在作用。行為成本模型的優(yōu)勢，例如成本核算(ABC)作為主導范式，弱化了我們的獨立判斷能力，傳統(tǒng)的成本會計能獨立應用于解決責任缺失，他隸屬于當前的會計溝通領域。</p><p>　　我們試圖解決三個主要問題認真處理責任缺失。第一個問題是概念本質。我們認為,對于成本核算概念和技術特點的誤解是造成責任缺失的一個問題。成本會計是由會計原則和不脫離財務會計的范

51、式成本核算范式來指導的。幾乎沒有人會對成本會計是財務會計的延伸這一概念產生爭議(利特爾頓,1958)。財務會計的任務是根據組織業(yè)績提供各種類別的聚合數據。成本會計的任務是，分解財務會計數據以達到豐富會計溝通內容的目的。從概念的角度來看,在接下來的論述中我們將重點探討成本會計的概念，使之不斷超越其傳統(tǒng)的角色功能。我們認為,豐富成本會計數據的結果將大大提高會計信息的有用性。</p><p>　　第二個問題與責任缺失的

52、概念相關。那些投資成本，以及使用公司資源的人也應負責報告這些資源是如何使用的。成本會計和成本責任不可分離的，分離二者以及誤解是責任缺失的原因。相同的觀點,將會在本文中逐步形成,會計投資成本的概念是最豐富且具有挑戰(zhàn)性的考慮性主題。了解一個公司投資成本和投資成本溝通之間的差距對于理解責任缺失至關重要。責任缺失的概念,基于實證經驗與理論主張在本文中得以推斷。一方面,成本信息是披露企業(yè)戰(zhàn)略與經營決策責任的基本核心。另一方面,公司表現(xiàn)出持久傾向抑

53、制生產投資成本的完整信息等會計方面的問題。</p><p>　　第三個問題是評價或分析類型。成本會計的潛在能力是為責任概念的解釋提供更廣泛的要求。正如以上已提到的,成本會計可以為履行責任提供有用的信息。更具體的說,會計的投資成本,例如,在產品/服務,在資產、人員、控制工具,在教育、可持續(xù)性和社會活動等,為用戶會計評估管理資產提供一個解釋方案。</p><p>　　因此,本文的目的在于為會計

54、學界的一門主要學科——成本會計提供推理與期望。目標之一是提出成本會計的潛在作用，以及成本會計提供倫理責任的實用性。另一個目標是其貢獻，即提供成本會計范式在本質上是獨立的,卻在概念上不同于行為成本模型的范式。</p><p>　　本文的的主要目的不應當是描述傳統(tǒng)成本會計的優(yōu)勢。成本會計的優(yōu)勢,在我們看來,應該來源于其更廣泛潛在的作用,或其象征能力,以解決當前責任缺失的問題。因此，本文的主要重點是挖掘隱藏的和蓄意壓制

55、的潛能。</p><p>　　本文分為五個部分。首先是文獻回顧以及解釋成本會計的定義和客觀本質。第三部分,成本會計的法律內涵將突出顯示。第四部分,成本會計的歷史源起。最后部分,將提出成本會計服務倫理責任的潛在作用。本文提出了三個新的指導原則,即有助于指導成本會計的倫理責任。</p><p><b>　　文獻綜述</b></p><p>　　商業(yè)

56、教育教科書中，成本會計幾乎是被忽視的一個主題（Drury, 2007; Horngren, Foster, & Datar, 1994; Anderson, Needles, &Caldwell, 1996）。占主導地位的教育主題是成本的管理模型獨家關注決策的制定與控制。成本會計的T型帳戶角度已經完全從教科書中消除,這意味著為了獨立審核，成本信息未得到披露。管理的重點為詳細的成本核算提供了有限的空間,而未給責任之間的溝通

57、創(chuàng)造空間。然而，教學管理的重點和行為建模的成本,轉換成了對成本會計重要性的疏忽。事實上,管理重點已在成本會計混亂時丟失。學生學習和探究成本會計這一主題，包括他的的起源、法律內涵,及其潛在的問責制的潛在作用等都是有限的。</p><p>　　在一些管理會計教科書中,成本會計是一個連貫范式的“管理會計”。這種解釋得益于所謂的成本會計大師,如卡普蘭(1984)，他將成本會計定義為在其他管理成本模型中一個無用的模型。例如

58、,卡普蘭強調,投資利潤率(ROI)是唯一有用的，廣泛的成本會計建立在一個公司基于激勵的付款模型之上。首先,投資利潤率應該說不是一個成本會計;它的計算建立在成本會計的基礎上。其次,投資利潤率是功利表現(xiàn)的一個算術方法,而成本核算的基礎結構是實用與協(xié)會的會計原則。第三,成本會計通常是相互關聯(lián)的,在某種程度上，復雜的大型系統(tǒng)賬戶,項目，類別以及投資利潤率是一個使用有限的簡單的主要比率。</p><p>　　由于這種誤解和

59、定義含糊不清(見3月(1987)進一步評論),成本會計多次在文章和其他教材如靜態(tài)和永恒的銘文中反復出現(xiàn)，這種格式類似于管理會計。它經常被等同于多元成本模型和關鍵比率。成本會計,因為它出現(xiàn)在目前的教科書中,對其潛在作用方面只是部分理解,調用問責也是深信不疑的、相關聯(lián)的、具有時限性與動態(tài)的現(xiàn)象。</p><p>　　成本會計這一主題也常常在研究中被忽視。成本會計中不合理的關鍵性的觀點,引用到管理決策中,導致放棄成本會

60、計作為研究對象。例如,一些有影響力的作家,如霍恩格倫,特魯利,約翰遜,和卡普蘭,強烈推動了成本會計與管理決策制定不相關這一思想的發(fā)展。這種類型的權威命題對于技術觀點的確立起到了很到的作用(通常是關于費用的問題)。因此,它無法解釋實際的成本會計,法律、歷史和制度現(xiàn)象。根據特魯里街和Tayles”(2000)對187個英國公司的調查,91%的公司基于傳統(tǒng)的成本會計規(guī)則和程序提供了組織相關的成本信息,。只有9%實行雙重系統(tǒng)，即傳統(tǒng)的成本會計伴

61、隨著額外的成本模型出現(xiàn)(雙重熊)。利用非實際性與虛構的成本模型提高成本信息的科學嚴謹性,一群單純的研究者拒絕將其研究重點放在專業(yè)和傳統(tǒng)成本會計上。相反,他們把精力放在研究一些成本思想與報告模型上。</p><p>　　在具有主導地位和權威的成本會計文獻中，多次提出這樣的建議，成本會計這一主題構想是無關緊要的(Johnson &卡普蘭,1987)，或作為管理決策制定與利潤擴大化的從屬 (Horngren e

62、t al .,1994;特魯里街,2007)。特別是，“無關緊要”的概念在文獻中反復強調。詹姆斯(2000)的哲學性陳述可能有助于解釋的實際 “無關緊要”的概念。</p><p>　　根據詹姆斯(2000)的觀點“,我們觀念的東西僅僅是我們對于他們意識影響的想法”(p .15)。也就是說,“意識影響”命題的“相關損失”不斷由成本會計專家證實,無非是:(1)增加投資成本責任缺失;(2)幫助建立一個關于成本報告的新的

63、游戲規(guī)則。</p><p>　　成本會計的重構作為一個新的游戲規(guī)則出現(xiàn)于成本制度這一標題下。根據這種轉變,人們認為實際推理、實踐經驗與成本信息的客觀性應該被行為假設取而代之。詹姆斯(2000)進一步認為觀念的東西具有“可以想象的經驗行為之上”(p .15)。毫無疑問,成本制度是概念性實驗上的一個產品，目的是指導人們操作實踐。也就是說,成本制度的目的是管理人們的操作實踐，需要采用科學感知成本的需求，而不是服務溝通責

64、任的投資成本。事實上，成本制度被認為是支持正確的、一致性和邏輯/經驗成本對象(活動)和決策制定之間的實驗室條件。可以解釋為，成本制度是一種特殊的設計,適用于個人的行為,不是通過事實的選擇，而是通過科學確定的形式進行選擇?；蛟S,實際選擇的問題導致的后果是ABC變得更加實際。</p><p>　　回顧文獻,到目前為止在兩個方面有了成就。努力消除成本會計停止研究提高成本會計。行為成本模型不能提供問責的投資成本?！皩嶋H選