Special issue on online reporting
Special issue on online reporting
We have recently witnessed an "online revolution" in corporate reporting as companies have increasingly mobilised the internet as a medium for accounting communication. Corporations have enthusiastically embraced the possibilities of the internet for what appears to be a mutable and differentiated communication with their stakeholders. On the face of it, in part reflecting innovations online, the role, content, form, usage and aura of reporting is changing. Today a wide variety of accounting information is available at the click of a mouse at any time, at any place and free of charge to anybody with access to the internet. Commentators have argued that in this new era of internet accounting what has become the traditional annual report will soon be obsolete. This special issue seeks to critically discuss developments in online reporting and to explore their wider socio-political and economic consequences. Submissions are therefore sought that explore themes such as:
Theorising change in online and more traditional reporting
The political economy of online reporting
Online reporting and issues of corporate governance
The regulation of online reporting
The rhetoric of online reporting
Online reporting and the accountancy profession
Online reporting and the creation of the corporate image
The possibilities of online reporting for corporate social responsibility
Online reporting in the age of globalisation
Online reporting and the possibilities for increased democracy
Online reporting: going beyond financial information
The art and design dimensions of online reporting
Winners and losers of online reporting
Online reporting: a cultural critique
The above list is not intended to be exhaustive and contributions are encouraged that offer critical, interpretive and contextual analyses of any aspects of online reporting that further enhance our understanding of their wider implications. All papers will be subject to review and authors are encouraged to contact the guest editors in advance, should there be any matters on which they require clarification or guidance. The special issue will be published in 2006. Submissions (three copies) should be sent to Sonja Gallhofer by 1 December 2004.
For further enquiries, contact the guest editors: Professor Sonja Gallhofer,Division of Accounting and Finance, Caledonian Business School, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. E-mail: S.Gallhofer@gcal.ac.uk (Address from 1 August 2004: University of Aberdeen Business School, Edward Wright Building,Dunbar Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. E-mail from 1 August 2004: s.gallhofer@abdn.ac.uk)
Professor Jim Haslam, Department of Accountancy and Finance, School of Management and Languages, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh,Scotland, UK. E-mail: J.Haslam@hw.ac.uk(Address from 1 August 2004: Department of Accountancy and Business Finance,Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland, UK.)
