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Objectives
The
Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section of the American Accounting
Association has the overall objective of facilitating interaction among
Association members regarding gender issues and worklife balance as they relate
to accounting practice, research, and education.
SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Promoting knowledge and encouraging research in
gender issues and worklife balance by identifying areas in need of
research, facilitating the exchange of ideas and findings, and providing
opportunities for exposure of research results.
- Fostering opportunities to enrich women's
professional lives so they may reach their full potential as scholars
and practitioners; facilitating increased participation of women in
professional conferences, committees, and editorial boards of
publications.
- Providing a forum in which Association men and women
can discuss the impact of women's increased participation in the
workforce, and encouraging interdisciplinary exchanges between
accountants and members of other learned groups.
- Promoting equitable treatment of women and men in
business and academia, and promoting classroom knowledge and sensitivity
to gender issues and worklife balance.
- Increasing the awareness of the policies that assist
professional women and men in successfully combining career and family.
- Determining and exploring those areas in which
accountants' unique financial expertise can improve the economic and
social well-being of women and men in contemporary society.
In order to meet its objectives, the Gender Issues and
Worklife Balance Section will sponsor the following activities, consistent
with American Accounting Association policy:
- Session(s) and appropriate programs at the annual and
regional meetings of the Association.
- Publication of a newsletter to disseminate
information regarding members' research, forthcoming Association
programs, accounting conferences of interests, topics for potential
research, and other relevant issues.
- Provide assistance to members for preparation of
research, educational materials and programs, employment information,
and other activities as needed.
Membership: 293
Dues: $15
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