The purpose of this article is to problematise a particular social transparency and disclosure regulation in the UK, that transcend national boundaries in order to control (modern) slavery in supply chains operating in the developing world. Drawing on notions from the regulatory and sociology...

Thomson Reuters Asset4 (Asset4) is a leading corporate social responsibility (CSR) database often used by practitioners and researchers. This review offers a precise understanding of prior studies using Asset4 and their justification for selecting Asset4, and identifies research opportunities....

– The paper reflects on the future of sustainability reporting standards by examining the current practical initiatives and the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) position in the arena of non-financial and sustainability reporting, and identifies avenues for future...

Purpose – This paper develops a conceptual framework for extended external reporting (EER) influences (EERI), including Sustainability, Non-Financial, Integrated, and Value Reporting. Using the Environmental Legitimacy, Accountability, and Proactivity (ELAP) framework as the base, we modify...

We explore how the concept of social capital is used and theorised in accounting research by performing a structured literature review, and a critical analysis, of articles published in leading accounting journals. We identify two research paths, namely 1) how social capital influences...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand how communication strategies and the use of numbers can ensure the buy-in and cooperation of stakeholders.Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on legitimacy theory, this study analysis documents regarding the communication strategies of...

Purpose: The study explores how sustainability reporting managers (SRMs) institutionalise sustainability reporting within organisations.Design/Methodology: 35 semi-structured interviews with SRMs in Australia and New Zealand were analysed using an institutional work perspective.Findings: SRMs’...

Purpose: This paper critically analyses the future of Integrated Reporting (IR) given recent and likely future developments in corporate reporting and sustainability disclosure standard setting.Design/method/approach: This paper uses Alvesson and Deetz’s (2000) critical framework to consider...