%0 Journal Article %T Editorial Volume 7 Issue 1 %A Ciorstan Smark %A Greg Laing %A Ron Perrin %J Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal %D 2013 %I University of Wollongong %X The articles published in this issue of AABFJ cover a variety of discipline areas as well as providing a contrast in methodologies for research. Wild (2013) critiques the political ideologies and practices of the New Public Management model in New Zealand and suggests as an alternative the ¡®Wellbeing of Communities¡¯ reporting and accountability framework devised for by an indigenous New Zealand M¨¡ori educational institution. Brimble, Vyvyan and Ng (2013) consider whether people holding strong religious beliefs are more likely than others to invest in socially responsible investment alternatives. %K Editorial AABFJ %U http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol7/iss1/1