A Social Critique of Corporate Reporting: A Semiotic Analysis of Corporate Financial and Environmental Reporting

by Professor David Crowther

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This text is concerned with the role of corporate reporting in UK public limited companies. It is a common assumption that the most significant part of any corporate report is the accounting information contained within. This book, however, takes a different view. The central argument is that the purpose of corporate reporting has changed from one primarily of stewardship and accountability to shareholders to a more outward- and forward-looking perspective. The author argues that one of the driving forces for this change in orientation is the discourse of environmental accounting, along with other forces. The book is essentially explorative. The author is concerned with looking at different aspects of the changes in corporate reporting and taking different perspectives in the development of the argument.
  • ISBN10 0754619389
  • ISBN13 9780754619383
  • Publish Date 16 May 2002
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 21 October 2006
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Ashgate Publishing Limited
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 340
  • Language English