Investment community is understandably preoccupied with determination to bring assured transparency within organization’s operations. To get companies more transparent, and to win stakeholder’s trust, companies need to communicate their actions and level of commitment to incorporate sustainability into every organizational decision. And companies communicate with their stakeholders through issuing various internal and external reports.This research paper proposes that to bring assured transparency and to win stakeholder trust, companies should integrate financial and non-financial performance reports and thus should produce One Report. The paper presents an annotated literature review which covers conceptual foundations of One Report, drivers, prospective benefits to both stakeholders as well as to companies, and prospective challenges that companies can face in the adoption of One Report. Survey has been conducted to assess important factors that practitioners consider while making judgment about a company, useful metrics to be included in an annual report and prospective benefits on one report. Descriptive statistical techniques are employed and on the basis of findings, it has been discussed that how business schools can incorporate the sustainability topic into the curriculum. A roadmap for adoption of one report has also been suggested. Finally, managerial implications and future research areas have been identified.
Keywords: Social networking, social Research study aims to investigate the nature, strength and direction of associations between motives of using social networking sites and gossip propensity. Data was collected from 240 customers through convenience sampling. Instrument was adapted from existing body of knowledge. Multiple regression and structural equation modeling was performed to quantify the associational relationships. Hypotheses claiming relationship between Motives of social media usage and gossip propensity are proved. Results indicate positive and direct change being caused in gossip propensity by four motives of social media usage. This study offers new empirical support for the proposition that individuals who use social media tend to actively participate in gossiping about brands,
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