This concise volume evaluates the causes and significance of recent corporate failures and financial scandals, and the roles of external auditors, financial reports, watchdogs, boards, directors and senior management. Failures like the collapse of Carillion, examined at length, have led to a crisis of confidence in financial reporting.
Drawing on extensive research and interviews with insiders and experts, this book charts what has gone wrong with financial reporting and offers a range of solutions to improve transparency to both investors and the public. It will be of interest to students, researchers, professionals and policy makers in financial reporting and accounting.