Description |
xvi, 122 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Contents |
Part I. The evolution of the corporation, directors' duties and corporate governance -- The evolution of the corporation -- The emergence of the "ownerless company" -- The evolution of director's duties -- Exclusive and inclusive approaches to governance : moving towards holistic governance and accountability -- Part II. The dawning of a new era of corporate reporting -- From financial reporting to corporate reporting -- Sustainability reporting and the establishment of the IIRC -- Shifts in the corporate world -- Integrated thinking and the integrated report -- The new order of corporate reporting -- Part III. Value creation and the chief value officer -- Value creation -- The benefits of integrated reporting -- The crucial role of accountants in creating value (and saving the planet) -- The chief value officer -- Transforming the training of accountants (and saving the planet) |
Summary |
Integrated Reporting is having a profound impact on corporate thinking and reporting. Value is being assessed on the basis of the sources of value creation used by an organization and not through a financial lens alone. In Chief Value Officer: Accountants Can Save the Planet, Mervyn King, a global corporate governance and reporting leader, challenges some of the systemic issues preventing organizations from managing in an integrated value-creation way. The shareholder-centric governance model, currently favoured by most companies, will not result in changes to corporate behaviour that can create value in a sustainable manner. The book, therefore, firmly places the accountant in the position of changemaker - the finance professional today should be more of a value officer than a financial officer. Consequently, the Chief Finance Officer should be known as the Chief Value Officer. This book explains this new approach. It encapsulates the essential reasons for adopting integrated reporting, explains its application to date and proposes the next steps needed to achieve change that will improve business, social and environmental sustainability |
Analysis |
Integrated reporting |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-120) |
Subject |
Chief financial officers -- Training of.
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Organizational change -- Economic aspects.
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Accountants -- Professional ethics
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Corporate governance.
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Corporation reports.
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Author |
Atkins, Jill (Research director), author
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LC no. |
2017303245 |
ISBN |
1783532963 (hbk.) |
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9781783532964 (hbk.) |
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9781783532933 |
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1783532939 |
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