2001
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8608.00208
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Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between accountability, trust and corporate reputation building. Increasing numbers of corporations are mobilising themselves to put more and more information out into the public domain as a way of communicating with stakeholders. Corporate social accounting and stakeholder engagement is happening on an unprecedented scale. Rather than welcoming such initiatives, academics have been quick to pick faults with contemporary social auditing and reporting, claiming that in its c… Show more

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“…Another branch of stakeholder theory is managerial branch which suggest that the powerful stakeholders will be attended to first (Nasi et al, 1997). The existing literature has evolved in attempts to model or develop approaches, frameworks and concepts that encircle the stakeholder theory pillars as a singular stand-alone theory (Bigley et al 2007, Mitchell et al 1997, Swift 2001, Deegan 2007and Gray et al 1995.…”
Section: Consideration Of Applicable Accounting Theoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another branch of stakeholder theory is managerial branch which suggest that the powerful stakeholders will be attended to first (Nasi et al, 1997). The existing literature has evolved in attempts to model or develop approaches, frameworks and concepts that encircle the stakeholder theory pillars as a singular stand-alone theory (Bigley et al 2007, Mitchell et al 1997, Swift 2001, Deegan 2007and Gray et al 1995.…”
Section: Consideration Of Applicable Accounting Theoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The dynamics illustrated above can be observed in the case of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill. While generalizations are di cult to make given that di↵erent stakeholder groups have di↵erent interests, agendas and degrees of vulnerability (Swift, 2001: 21), and that individual variability exists (Mayer et al, 1995), stakeholders' attitude towards BP before the accident may be described as one of lack of distrust 1 (Swift, 2001). Lack of distrust refers to stakeholders' belief that impersonal structures such as laws, regulations and controls are su cient to guarantee the predictability of a company's behavior (see also McKnight et al's (1998) …”
Section: Dynamics Of Trust Violation and Repairmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since the mid-1990s there has been a general increase in the demand for greater corporate accountability as evidenced by the numerous stakeholder requests for more transparent information (Anonymous, 2002;Owen et al, 2001;Swift, 2001). There are several reasons; First, stakeholders demanding more transparent financial report.…”
Section: Disclosure Of Corporate Social Responsibilitymentioning
confidence: 99%