..., the authors explore accounting and reporting visualisations beyond their persuasive and representational purpose. Design/methodology/approach By building on previous research on the rhetoric of visualisations, the authors illustrate how the design of accounting visualisations within integrated reports...

...Victoria C. Edgar; Niamh M. Brennan; Sean Bradley Power Purpose Taking a communication perspective, the paper explores management's rhetoric in profit warnings, whose sole purpose is to disclose unexpected bad news. Design/methodology/approach Adopting a close-reading approach to text analysis...

...Binh Bui; Olayinka Moses; John Dumay Purpose The authors unpack the critical role of rhetoric in developing and justifying the New Zealand (NZ) government's coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown strategy. Design/methodology/approach Using Green's (2004) theory of rhetorical diffusion...

... – The paper adopts Aristotle's triangular framework of the rhetorical situation to examine how the writer, the audience, and the purpose of communication interact in the choice of rhetorical strategies used to persuade others of the validity and legitimacy of a claim during a public controversy. The analysis...

.... In seeking to shed light on the organisation‐society relationship and its implications for reporting on employee issues the authors build a broader theoretical framework incorporating various social and political theories dealing with legitimacy, political economy, and language and rhetoric. Interpretive...

... and institutional pressures identified from the perspective of new institutional sociology. Findings The results show that during these 34 years there have been major transitions in the rhetoric used by the case company in its environmental disclosures. These transitions coincide with changes in the social...

...Jane Davison Purpose The purpose of this paper is to add to theoretical and empirical work on the rhetoric of narratives and pictures in annual reporting by using the lens of repetition to examine the Annual Reviews of British Telecommunications (BT) plc. Design/methodology/approach...

...Walter Masocha; Pauline Weetman Purpose This paper seeks to explore in depth the ways in which the rhetoric of the standard setter responds to comments received during development of a standard. Design/methodology/approach Previous research has explored the use of rhetorical strategies...

... underlying financial truth, but is part of an arsenal of rhetoric to achieve political ends. Russell Craig can be contacted at: Russell.Craig@anu.edu.au Accounting Privatization Canada Railways Rhetoric … Martin [Finance Minister] and Young [Transport Minister] wanted no more half‐hearted...

... Publishing Limited 2004 Accounting Privatization Railways Rhetoric Canada Privatization is a language game, sometimes played sincerely, sometimes disingenuously. And sometimes it generates excitement as it circulates through the polity, phonier than a counterfeit $20 bill (Miller...