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- Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace: A Study of Corporate Disclosure
 - ACCA has commissioned research to investigate reporting on equal opportunities for women in the workplace among some of the largest employers in three national regulatory environments: the US; Australia and the UK. Although reporting by the leading companies is comparable in all three countries, collectively Australian companies are found to report less information on this issue than their UK and US counterparts. Across all three countries, findings suggest that the recent drive for greater CSR has become a major influence on the reporting of workplace gender issues, although regulation that obliges firms to report to government also plays a role in driving this agenda.
- Perspectives on Fair Tax - discussion papers perspective on fair tax
- This paper reviews the debate around 'fair taxation'. The discussion has become internationally topical, politically, in recent years. ACCA have undertaken a review of the literature in order to assess the views of economists, ccounting scholars, philosophers and psychologists on the problems of defining ‘fair taxation’, as well as the factors to be taken into consideration. During this review we also examined proposals for alternative tax systems, eg flat taxes and
consumption-based taxes.
- Accounting Services and SMEs: An Australian Study
- ACCA sponsored this research into the attitudes of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) towards various aspects of government regulation in Australia and the ways in which accounting practitioners provide business advice to SMEs. A concurrent survey was undertaken of accounting practitioners, examining the nature of their work for SMEs and the ways in which this has changed in recent years.
- SMEs, regulation and the role of the accountant
- This study is intended to be the first stage by ACCA in an attempt to provide a more international picture of the effects of regulation on advice seeking by SMEs and how accountants can help SMEs to meet their regulatory obligations.
- Disclosures on human capital management
- This report is the third of a trilogy of research projects carried out by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Australia/NZ, in collaboration with Net Balance Foundation Limited. This research series investigated three key areas of sustainability reporting by analysing the level and quality of disclosures by large Australian corporations.
- Disclosures on climate change
- ACCA Australia, 2007. This report is the second of three in a series of research projects carried out by ACCA Australia/NZ, in collaboration with Net Balance Foundation Limited, investigating trends in certain selected areas of sustainability reporting and disclosures in Australia.
- Disclosures on stakeholder engagement
- ACCA Australia, 2007. This report is the first of three in a series of research projects carried out by ACCA Australia/NZ, in collaboration with Net Balance Foundation Limited, investigating trends in certain selected areas of sustainability reporting and disclosures in Australia. This report summarises the findings of research on the largest 50 companies in Australia in October 2006.
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