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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449850003321

Titolo

Corporate governance [[electronic resource] ] : corporate mandate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-280-51536-8

9786610515363

1-84544-396-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Managerial auditing journal ; ; v. 19, no. 1, 2004, special issue

Disciplina

658.575

Soggetti

Corporate governance

Auditing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Ethics: toward globalization; Can financial ratios detect fraudulent financial reporting?; Corporate governance, strategy and corporations law The case of Jack in the Box Inc.; The audit of municipal corporations - a quest for professional dominance; The impact of corporate ethical values on perceptions of earnings management; Dimensions of pressures faced by auditors and its impact on auditors' independence A comparative study of the USA and Australia; Annual corporate information: importance and use in Saudi Arabia

Restoring public trust in the accounting profession by developing anti-fraud education, programs, and auditingBook reviews; News; Note from the publisher

Sommario/riassunto

The paper conveys selected Islamic perspectives on business ethics to encourage debate on the subject in the USA. The objective is to better prepare American businessmen for the ongoing shifts to global management. The regulatory climate that is currently arising is linked to the ascendancy of international accounting standards relative to the USA's generally accepted accounting principles. Islamic ethicists are seeking to install a climate of high level ethics and to weed out forbidden transactions. The revival of Muslim interest in accounting



marks a revival of a historic pattern which is th