Corporate governance : corporate mandate.

Format:

Book

Series:

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

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate governance.

Auditing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-51536-8

9786610515363

1-84544-396-9

OCLC:

70720691