Changing Social and Environmental Reporting Systems

Based on a case study of a large multinational group, this paper addresses the way in which social and environmental reporting (SER) systems were changed and the consequences and controversies associated with this change. Drawing on Power’s work on the processes by which things are made auditable vi...

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Authors: Kaspersen, Mia (Author) ; Johansen, Thomas Riise (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2016
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 135, Issue: 4, Pages: 731-749
Further subjects:B Auditability
B Social and environmental reporting
B Information systems
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