Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures over a period of time when the business environment, particularly the Malaysian environment, experienced several significant changes including the recent financial crises and regulatory changes....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures over a period of time when the business environment, particularly the Malaysian environment, experienced several significant changes including the recent financial crises and regulatory changes....

Cover -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- The associations between audit firm attributes and audit quality-specific indicators -- The determinants of audit report lag: a meta-analysis -- The potential for greater use of meta-analysis in archival auditing research -- The application...

Purpose –The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between a corporate executive’s gender and audit fees. Based on the findings of extant research that there are gender-based differences that may have implications for the financial reporting process, the authors posit an...

Purpose – This paper attempts to investigate the relationships between the board of directors' characteristics and earnings management being a proxy of earnings quality in two separate countries, France and Canada. Specifically, it aims to investigate how certain contextual features affect...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between a corporate executive’s gender and audit fees. Based on the findings of extant research that there are gender-based differences that may have implications for the financial reporting process, the authors posit an...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the influence of Islam on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) in Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) with a focus on an analysis of narrative reporting. Design/methodology/approach – Using content...

The purpose of this study is to determine ifmembers of the Institute of ManagementAccountants (IMA) use the IMA Code ofEthics in recognizing and resolving ethicaldilemmas. This is important for severalreasons. First, membership in the IMA andadherence to its code of ethics are largelyvoluntary.

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and its relation to institutional ownership (IO) of Malaysian public listed companies (PLCs). Design/methodology/approach – Testing of hypotheses have been conducted by applying multivariate...

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the influence of government and foreign affiliates, particularly; multinational companies on corporate social reporting (CSR) development in an economy, where CSR awareness is low coupled with weak pressure group activism. Design/methodology/approach...