Meditari Accountancy Research: Volume 31 Issue 6

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Environmental disclosure and its relation to waste performance

Samuel Jebaraj Benjamin, Pallab Kumar Biswas, Nirosha Hewa Wellalage, Yimei Man

This paper aims to examine the association between environmental disclosure and waste performance.

The disclosure of sustainable development goals (SDGs) by the top 50 Australian companies: substantive or symbolic legitimation?

Sumit Lodhia, Amanpreet Kaur, Sanjaya Chinthana Kuruppu

This study aims to explore how the top 50 Australian companies are disclosing their commitment to addressing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) formulated by the United…

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Social auditing in the supply chain: business legitimisation strategy rather than a change agent

Mia Mahmudur Rahim, Sanjaya Chinthana Kuruppu, Md Tarikul Islam

This paper aims to examine the role of social auditing in legitimising the relationship between the buyer and supplier firms rather than strengthening corporate accountability in…

Political connections, media coverage and firm performance: evidence from an emerging market

Mostafa Kamal Hassan, Fathia Elleuch Lahyani, Adel Elgharbawy

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of politically connected directors (PCDs), media coverage and their interaction on firm performance in an emerging market…

Material sustainability information and reporting standards. Exploring the differences between GRI and SASB

Simone Pizzi, Salvatore Principale, Elbano de Nuccio

This paper aims to contribute to the emerging debate on materiality with novel and original insights about the managerial and theoretical implications related to the adoption of…

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Mapping the literature of internal auditing in Europe: a systematic review and agenda for future research

Saddam A. Hazaea, Jinyu Zhu, Saleh F.A. Khatib, Ahmed A. Elamer

Although many firms are investing considerable resources in building and designing strong and effective internal auditing (IA) to improve corporate governance and internal control…

Female superiority in accruals quality: some evidence from the Scandinavian region

Yosra Mnif, Imen Cherif

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, this study examines the relationship between the presence of a female (rather than a male) audit partner and the client firm’s…

Decision-making and resilience in agriculture: improving awareness of the role of accounting

Joanne Louise Tingey-Holyoak, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Constantin Seidl

Australian agriculture is facing increasingly uncertain weather patterns which is impacting financial performance, exacerbated by worsening terms of trade and a decline in…

Non-financial reporting in hybrid organizations – a systematic literature review

Husanboy Ahunov

This paper aims to systematically review the field of non-financial reporting (NFR) in hybrid organizations, focusing on state-owned enterprises, third-sector organizations and…

The paranoid style in the sociology of financial reporting principles

Brian A. Rutherford

This paper aims to analyse the character and strength of the claims made in an emerging literature offering a sociology of financial reporting principles.

Reflecting on intellectual capital measurement and management in European universities

Giustina Secundo, Rosa Lombardi, Johannes Dumay, James Guthrie A.M.

This paper aims to critically review intellectual capital (IC) accounting research and practices in European public universities, specifically in Spain, Austria and Italy. These…

Does corporate governance improve integrated reporting quality? A meta-analytical investigation

Voicu D. Dragomir, Mădălina Dumitru

The relationships between integrated reporting quality (IRQ) and corporate governance characteristics have been studied extensively, but the results are still inconclusive and…

Wave after wave: unboxing 40 years of auditing ethics research

Zeena Mardawi, Elies Seguí-Mas, Guillermina Tormo-Carbó

To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study that aims to present a comprehensive view of the auditing ethics literature by unboxing 40 years of efforts in the…

The relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and integrated reporting practices and their impact on sustainable development goals: evidence from South Africa

Mohamed Moshreh Ali Ahmed

The first purpose of this paper is to investigate whether corporate governance mechanisms, in particular the characteristics of the board, audit committee and risk management…

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Environmental reporting quality in Japan: discussing normativity, quasi-mandatory approach and norm entrepreneurship

Afdal Madein

Japan applies a quasi-mandatory approach to corporate environmental reporting by defining the desired norm through formal law and guidelines and pushing large companies to be role…

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ISSN:

2049-372X

Online date, start – end:

2012

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Prof Charl de Villiers
  • Warren Maroun