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Democracy, capitalism and racism: Latino labour and US capitalism
Sy, Aida; Tinker, Tony - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 3 (2011) 1, pp. 1-4
Since the US voters elected Barack Obama in 2008 – the first African American President of the United States of America – we witness continual attacks on this first black president. The attacks by the Tea Party have been widely broadcast by those parts of the US media most sympathetic to...
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From Exxon Valdez to Oriental Nicety: African environmental issues, accounting and corporate responsibilities
Sy, Aida; Tinker, Tony - In: African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 2 (2013) 3, pp. 189-203
This paper investigates the environmental issues caused by the oil exploitations in the US India and in Africa. The paper deals with several questions. Who should be held accountable? What are the roles of the oil companies? What is the responsibility of regulators and governments? How should we...
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From dragon to goose: has the Chinese dragon lost its fire?
Tinker, Tony; Sy, Aida - In: International Journal of Economics and Accounting 3 (2012) 1, pp. 1-3
The state of the world economy is something of a moving feast. Each week, news from the USA, Europe and now China …
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Love Canal and the return of paper prophets: a social critique of mainstream accounting
Tinker, Tony - In: African Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 3 (2014) 2, pp. 143-148
USA is inflicting severe damage upon both the environment and its inhabitants. In 1979, the EPA estimated that in the … USA there were as many as 51,000 sites containing potentially hazardous waste. The number of sites with 'significant …
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IFRS and the FASB: a marriage not made in heaven
Sy, Aida; Tinker, Tony; Okcabol, Fahrettin - In: African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 1 (2012) 4, pp. 329-336
Reporting Standards (IFRS). The elephant in the room is the USA. The USA is the last but most important hold-out. Without a US …). We will show that in the USA, IFRS is dead-in-the-water. Yet many commentators, officials and observers are in denial …
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Africa does not need IFRS
Sy, Aida; Tinker, Tony - In: African Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 2 (2013) 1, pp. 1-8
A great deal of hype surrounds the so-called revolution in accounting standard setting. The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) enterprise aims to introduce a single global accounting and financial reporting language that would standardise reporting practices throughout the globe....
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