Environment - Environmental Impact; New Environmental Impact Study Results from Department of Economic Studies Described (Beyond the Planetary Boundaries: Exploring Pluralistic Accountability In the New Space Age)

  • Patrizia Di Tullio
  • Matteo La TorreUniversità degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti – Pescara
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  • Michele Antonio Rea
  • James Guthrie
  • John Dumay

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Period28 Jul 2023

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  • TitleEnvironment - Environmental Impact; New Environmental Impact Study Results from Department of Economic Studies Described (Beyond the Planetary Boundaries: Exploring Pluralistic Accountability In the New Space Age)
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletEconomics Week
    Media typeWeb
    Duration/Length/Size511 words
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date28/07/23
    Description2023 AUG 4 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Economics Week -- Researchers detail new data in Environment - Environmental Impact. According to news reporting out of Pescara, Italy, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "PurposeNew Space activities offer benefits for human progress and life beyond the Earth. However, there is a risk that the New Space Economy may develop according to an anthropocentric mindset favouring human progress and survival at the expense of all other species and the environment."

    Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Department of Economic Studies, "This mindset raises concerns over the social and environmental impacts of space activities and the accountability of space actors. This research article explores the accountability of space actors by presenting a pluralistic accountability framework to understand, inspire and change accountability in the New Space Economy. This study also identifies future research opportunities.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a reflective and normative essay. The arguments are developed using contemporary multidisciplinary academic literature, publicly available evidence and examples. Further, the authors use Dillard and Vinnari's accountability framework to examine a pluralistic accountability system for space businesses.FindingsThe New Space Economy requires public and private entities to embrace hybrid and pluralistic accountability for their social and environmental impacts. A new way of seeing the relationship between human life, the Earth and celestial space is needed. Accounting language is used to mirror and mobilise broader forms of responsibility in those involved in space.Originality/valueThis paper responds to the AAAJ's special issue call for examining how accountability can be ensured in the New Space Age. The space activities businesses conduct, and the anthropocentric view inspiring their race toward space is concerning. Hence, the authors advocate the need for rethinking accountability between humans and nature. The paper contributes to fostering the debate on social and environmental accounting and the accountability of space actors in the New Space Economy."

    According to the news editors, the research concluded: "To this end, the authors use a pluralistic accountability framework to help understand how the New Space Economy can face the risks emanating from its anthropocentric mindset."

    This research has been peer-reviewed.

    For more information on this research see: Beyond the Planetary Boundaries: Exploring Pluralistic Accountability In the New Space Age. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2023. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal can be contacted at: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, W Yorkshire, England.

    Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Patrizia Di Tullio, Univ Gd Annunzio Chieti Pescara, Dept. of Economic Studies, Pescara, Italy. Additional authors for this research include Matteo La Torre, Michele Antonio Rea, James Guthrie and John Dumay.

    Keywords for this news article include: Pescara, Italy, Europe, Environmental Impact, Economies, Environment, Department of Economic Studies.

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    Document ECOWEK0020230728ej7s0003t
    Producer/AuthorStaff News Editor at Economics Week
    PersonsPatrizia Di Tullio, Matteo La Torre, Michele Antonio Rea, James Guthrie, John Dumay