Greening Corporate Reporting: An Institutional Theoretical Approach

There is scarcely any conclusively ‘accepted’ theory for environmental accounting and Corporate Environmental Reporting (CER) in particular. Nevertheless, the ardent search for a new accounting vision in reporting has enriched our understanding of a wide array of views and philosophies. This paper h...

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Main Author: Rowe, Anna
Other Authors: Professor Brenda Porter
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Asia-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10733
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description There is scarcely any conclusively ‘accepted’ theory for environmental accounting and Corporate Environmental Reporting (CER) in particular. Nevertheless, the ardent search for a new accounting vision in reporting has enriched our understanding of a wide array of views and philosophies. This paper highlights the main theories concerning CER, identifying gaps in this literature that motivate the exploring of institutional theoretical concept in understanding the motivation for CER.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-107332022-10-20T04:29:09Z Greening Corporate Reporting: An Institutional Theoretical Approach Rowe, Anna Professor Brenda Porter Ali Peyvandi There is scarcely any conclusively ‘accepted’ theory for environmental accounting and Corporate Environmental Reporting (CER) in particular. Nevertheless, the ardent search for a new accounting vision in reporting has enriched our understanding of a wide array of views and philosophies. This paper highlights the main theories concerning CER, identifying gaps in this literature that motivate the exploring of institutional theoretical concept in understanding the motivation for CER. 2005 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10733 Asia-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues restricted
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title Greening Corporate Reporting: An Institutional Theoretical Approach
title_full Greening Corporate Reporting: An Institutional Theoretical Approach
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title_short Greening Corporate Reporting: An Institutional Theoretical Approach
title_sort greening corporate reporting: an institutional theoretical approach
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10733