Society looks at public‐service role

Physics Today ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 59-59
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Service Role

Avondale Estates: A Case Study in Governmental Accounting and Auditing—A Historical Approach

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald L. Ariail ◽  
Joe Durden ◽  
Marilynn Leathart ◽  
Lynette Chapman-Vasill
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Governmental Accounting ◽  
Accounting History ◽  
Service Role ◽  
Audit Reports

ABSTRACT The 82 years of accounting evolution that separate the audits of 1928 and 2009 under different accounting and auditing standards are examined through a cross-disciplined case study that compares the historical 1928 and the contemporary 2009 financial statements and the accompanying audit reports of Avondale Estates, Georgia. The 1928 and 2009 reports and financial statements of this municipality, along with the municipality's current budget information accessible over the Internet, can be used in a number of ways to enhance the instruction of governmental accounting at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. In addition to aiding in the teaching of current governmental accounting standards, the case also can be used to give the student a historical perspective on governmental accounting and the accounting profession. By comparing the accounting and reporting standards used in 1928 and 2009, the student will gain an understanding of the evolution of accounting thought. Moreover, the auditors' reports for the two periods illustrate the historical and continuing public service role of the CPA profession as detailed in ET Section 53 of the AICPA Professional Standards (AICPA 2010). Thus, this case study gives the accounting instructor a useful vehicle for teaching accounting history and thought.

Stop the Presses: Strikes in the Australian News Media

2014 ◽  
Vol 150 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Margaret Van Heekeren
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Public Service ◽  
News Media ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
News Production ◽  
The Public ◽  
Service Role ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Information

Despite a preference for conciliation and arbitration, and a commitment to the public service role of information provision, the Australian news media have a long history of strikes disrupting news production. In detailing this history, from 1829 to the present day, this article draws from archival and newspaper research to supplement previously published accounts of major strikes to create a chronology of strikes that halted news production for a day or longer. The sector's strike history can be categorised into three distinct eras: nineteenth-century printers' strikes; major-impact journalists' and printers' strikes of the mid-twentieth century; and low-impact strikes of the 2000s.

Public Service Role Models

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 424-436
Author(s):  
Judith Lawrence Bellafaire
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Service Role

SBS-TV and its Amazing World

1998 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Lawe Davies
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
The World ◽  
Service Role ◽  
History Of

This paper looks at a particular moment in the history of SBS-TV — the 1994–95 corporate image campaign, ‘The World is an Amazing Place’. The corporate image campaign redirected all promotional funds away from program publicity to try to ‘re-position’ SBS as an urbane advertising vehicle, and at the same time to double its market share. At the time, it was a kind of ‘do-or-die mission — spurred to some extent by the need to see advertising as the only means SBS had of making up for government allocations which never seemed to match the network's aspirations. SBS did not achieve the increased share through the campaign; the question is whether, in re-positioning itself, the network compromised its public service role.

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