... the decisions of Sharia scholars. The study also aims to identify inherent flaws in the Sharia compliance review system. Design/methodology/approach The study employs the principles of Goffman as a lens to critically analyse a rich dataset obtained through interviews undertaken with 46 key players operating...

..., professional workers “toil on the verge of depression, much as wage workers once toiled on the verge of starvation” (p. 189). Traditionally, studies of worker exploitation, with the associated patterns of compliance and resistance, have been predicated on the assumption of unequal power relations between...

... that adoption of international social accounting standards and codes is likely to become more prevalent in the future. Reservations are expressed as to whether such a passive compliance strategy is likely to achieve much in the way of real changes in corporate behaviour, particularly when Western developed...