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Managing reality [electronic resource] : accountability and the miasma of private and public domains / Cheryl R. Lehman, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Advances in public interest accountingPublication details: Bradford : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781780526195 (electronic bk.)
  • 1780526199 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Managing Reality.DDC classification:
  • 657.61 22
LOC classification:
  • HF5601 .M36 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Front cover; managing reality: accountability and the miasma of private and public domains; copyright page; contents; list of contributors; ad hoc reviewers; accountability and performance management systems within private and public sector organisational change processes; introduction; external accountability steering organisational change through performance management systems; research approach; empirical findings; discussion and conclusions; acknowledgement; notes; references; appendix a: ferreira and otley's (2009) 12 questions on the design of performance management systems
Appendix b: managers and officers interviewedwhat is fraud in private securities lawsuit?; introduction; securities litigation and settlement; related research and hypotheses; sample selection and methodology; empirical results; summary and conclusion; variable definitions; acknowledgement; notes; references; litigation risk and management reporting choice: a comparative study of pslra and sox; introduction; background and hypotheses development; method; results; discussion; acknowledgments; notes; references
Crisis communication in the banking industry: countrywide's use of image restoration strategiesintroduction; crisis management and communication strategies; countrywide financial; countrywide's crisis communication strategies; summary and conclusions; references; recognizing environmental liabilities surrounding ceo turnovers; introduction; literature review and hypothesis development; empirical analysis; conclusion and discussion; acknowledgments; notes; references; appendix; social accounting and accounting textbooks: professors' responsibility to promote the interests of students
Introductiontoward ''student-centered'' accounting research; student public interest research groups' studies of textbook costs; empirical analysis; alternatives to traditional textbooks; recommendations and conclusions; acknowledgments; notes; references; an examination of the perceptions of auditors and chief financial officers of various regulations introduced by the dodd-frank financial reform bill; introduction; the background of dodd-frank; the opposition to dodd-frank; review of relevant academic literature; research method; statistical analysis; research questions
Discussion of resultssummary and conclusions; limitations and suggestions for future research; references; appendix: questionnaire on financial regulation; commentary and critique of ''sustainability reputation and environmental performance or 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating' by freedman and stagliano (2010)''
Summary: The 16th volume scrutinizes the role and influence of accounting within the social struggles of our time, in fields such as ethics, sustainability, and education. The research reveals the ability of using the discipline as a tool for affirmation and empowerment within governance, politics, and social practice.
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Front cover; managing reality: accountability and the miasma of private and public domains; copyright page; contents; list of contributors; ad hoc reviewers; accountability and performance management systems within private and public sector organisational change processes; introduction; external accountability steering organisational change through performance management systems; research approach; empirical findings; discussion and conclusions; acknowledgement; notes; references; appendix a: ferreira and otley's (2009) 12 questions on the design of performance management systems

Appendix b: managers and officers interviewedwhat is fraud in private securities lawsuit?; introduction; securities litigation and settlement; related research and hypotheses; sample selection and methodology; empirical results; summary and conclusion; variable definitions; acknowledgement; notes; references; litigation risk and management reporting choice: a comparative study of pslra and sox; introduction; background and hypotheses development; method; results; discussion; acknowledgments; notes; references

Crisis communication in the banking industry: countrywide's use of image restoration strategiesintroduction; crisis management and communication strategies; countrywide financial; countrywide's crisis communication strategies; summary and conclusions; references; recognizing environmental liabilities surrounding ceo turnovers; introduction; literature review and hypothesis development; empirical analysis; conclusion and discussion; acknowledgments; notes; references; appendix; social accounting and accounting textbooks: professors' responsibility to promote the interests of students

Introductiontoward ''student-centered'' accounting research; student public interest research groups' studies of textbook costs; empirical analysis; alternatives to traditional textbooks; recommendations and conclusions; acknowledgments; notes; references; an examination of the perceptions of auditors and chief financial officers of various regulations introduced by the dodd-frank financial reform bill; introduction; the background of dodd-frank; the opposition to dodd-frank; review of relevant academic literature; research method; statistical analysis; research questions

Discussion of resultssummary and conclusions; limitations and suggestions for future research; references; appendix: questionnaire on financial regulation; commentary and critique of ''sustainability reputation and environmental performance or 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating' by freedman and stagliano (2010)''

The 16th volume scrutinizes the role and influence of accounting within the social struggles of our time, in fields such as ethics, sustainability, and education. The research reveals the ability of using the discipline as a tool for affirmation and empowerment within governance, politics, and social practice.

Description based on print version record.

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