Foucault and the Audit Profession: A Hidden Liaison

• Did the audit profession adopt the writings of Foucault?
• Was there any benefit for the audit profession from his ideas?
• Did scholars use Foucault’s approach for investigating auditing as a practice of knowledge?
• And if so: What kind of epistemology is auditing then? What can scholars and insiders say about auditing, based on the Foucault approach? What kind of control, what kind of governmentality is auditing?
• What other trajectories of Foucaultian reception might be possible in the “audit society”?

Participants:

• Alexander Bikbov, Ph.D., sociologist and translator of Bourdieu, researcher of civic movements, institutional reforms and audit techniques, author of numerous publications on sociological-administrative issues
• Frank Fabel, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, MA (History, Economics, Communication Science), Secretary General of Empacta e.V., CEO Empacta GmbH

Moderators:

• Milda Bagdonaite, M.Sc., MA, Secretary of the advisory council of the Flying University
• Alastair Greeves, MA, FCA, previous Dean of the Flying University

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