Purpose: The aim of the paper is to describe and explain, using a combination of interviews and content analysis, the social and environmental reporting practices of a major garment export organisation within a developing country.Design/methodology/approach: Senior executives from a major...

This study investigates the use of social compliance audits in the supply chain of multinational corporations (MNCs). Particularly, we explore the use of such audits in assessing and managing the working conditions of factory workers in the garment industry in a developing nation. Through a...

Across time, companies have increasingly made public commitments to sustainable development and to reducing their impacts on climate change. Management Remuneration Plans (MRPs) are a key mechanism to motivate managers to achieve corporate goals. We review the MRPs negotiated with key management...

This paper investigates the social and environmental disclosure practices of two large multi-national companies, specifically Nike and Hennes & Mauritz. Utilising a joint consideration of legitimacy theory and media agenda setting theory, we investigate the linkage between negative media...

The opening of the Australian economy in a globalised world has led to Australian garment and retail corporations moving their manufacturing overseas and acquiring goods from overseas providers. This is usually better for the corporations' bottom-line, as they can purchase goods overseas at a...

This paper explores public concerns about corruption and bribery in Australian local government and provides guidance for policy-makers on how to control bribery and corruption. Lack of regulation is a major reason why local councils are not taking appropriate anti-corruption or bribery...

This study seeks to fill in gap in the existing literature by looking at how and whether disclosure of social value creation becomes a part of legitimation strategies of social enterprises. By using legitimacy reasoning, this study informs that three global social organizations, Grameen Bank,...

This paper examines environmental disclosure initiatives of Niko Resources-a Canada based multinational Oil and Gas Company following the two major environmental blowouts at a gas field in Bangladesh in 2005. As part of the examination, we specially focus on whether the Niko's disclosure...

This study examines whether the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) corporate governance principles and regulations have influenced anti-bribery disclosure practices by the top 100 ASX-listed companies from 2001-2011. Nineteen specific anti-bribery issues were considered under two general categories...

The aim of this paper is to establish a linkage between negative global media news towards Grameen Bank (GB), the largest microfinance organisation in the developing world, and the extent and type of annual report social performance disclosures by GB, over the nine-year period 1997-2005. Content...