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Homo Economicus vis a vis Homo Pancasilaus: A Fight against Positive Accounting Theory

Jordan Hotman Ekklesia Sitorus, Iwan Triyuwono and Ari Kamayanti

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 25, Issue S, November 2017

Keywords: Critical accounting, homo economicus, homo pancasilaus, positive accounting theory, pancasila paradigm

Published on: 7 May 2018

This study offers homo pancasilaus as antithesis to homo economicus. Homo economicus has become the ontology of Positive Accounting Theory (PAT) that dominates capitalistic accounting. By employing Pancasila as research paradigm, it is revealed that homo pancasilaus has a number of indicators which characterises human personality: divinity, humanity, unity, society, and justice. These characteristics can be used as the basis to transform accounting that is based on Pancasila, and to offer alternative Positive Accounting Theory.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

Article ID

JSSH-S0611-2017

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