This article provides a critique of the Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI) guidelines, sustainability reporting (SR) guidelines and also examines their applicability to public and third sector organizations. The article finds that these guidelines promote a ‘managerialist' approach to...

This paper discusses how simplifying the management of complexity requires organisations to adopt an ecological form of governance found in nature and illustrated by stakeholder-controlled firms in the US, UK and Europe. The analysis reveals why centrally controlled command and control...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to review the use of content analysis as a research method in understanding SEA and to examine current contemporary foci of this research tradition. Further, several research method issues relating to the use of content analysis are examined. Methodology:...

We obtain a novel dataset of workplace satisfaction ratings submitted by about 100,000 employees working for large public U.S. companies. We document that lower workplace ratings are associated with higher audit fees and longer audit report lags. Lower workplace ratings also increase the...

This article analyses voluntary sustainability reporting practices in seven Australian public sector organizations which use the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines. Reporting practices are diverse and the use of the GRI public agency supplement fragmented, with the annual report being...

Prior research shows that family control affects firm value through capital investment, debt financing, M&A activities, and governance structure. This study investigates the role of corporate culture in family firms and its implications for firm value. We use more than 100,000 surveys collected...

Contents: Foreword by Leif Edvinsson / Introduction: welcome to the world of intellectual capital / John Dumay, Christian Nielsen and Morten Lund -- Part I Content Analysis -- 1. Investigating intellectual capital disclosure through content analysis: Reflections and suggestions for future...

Private sector and public sector organizations, including private listed companies, government departments, statutory authorities and government business enterprises are under increasing pressure to disclose information about the organization's interaction with the natural and physical...

Internationally, there is growing awareness of the environmental and social impacts of the business activities of organizations. This awareness was heightened by the 1987 report Our Common Future by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED, 1987). In order to address the...