Whinney and Waterhouse's government assignment 1887-1888: a study of its significance

Edwards, John Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1526-8523 2016. Whinney and Waterhouse's government assignment 1887-1888: a study of its significance. Accounting Historians Journal 43 (1) , pp. 1-32. 10.2308/0148-4184.43.1.1

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Abstract

The episode narrated in this paper is situated in late-Victorian Britain when leading chartered accountants, Frederick Whinney and Edwin Waterhouse, were engaged by a British parliamentary committee to examine the costing and accountability practices of the government's military manufacturing establishments (GMMEs). The contributions of this study to accounting's historiography are two-fold. First, the significance of Whinney and Waterhouse's appointment for the status of chartered accountants in late-Victorian Britain is assessed. Second, Whinney and Waterhouse's criticisms of existing accounting routines are examined and evaluated as is the impact of their findings on the subsequent course of accounting practices within GMMEs.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting
Publisher:	Academy of Accounting Historians
ISSN:	0148-4184
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 April 2016
Date of Acceptance:	4 December 2015
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2024 17:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/88847

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