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Developments in company reporting on workplace gender equality?

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  • Kate Grosser
  • Jeremy Moon

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This paper investigates the extent to which external reporting by UK best practice companies now includes performance information about gender equality in the workplace. It examines the reasons for company disclosure on this issue and the barriers to better reporting.

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  • Kate Grosser & Jeremy Moon, 2008. "Developments in company reporting on workplace gender equality?," Accounting Forum, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(3), pages 179-198, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:accfor:v:32:y:2008:i:3:p:179-198
    DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2008.01.004
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    9. Kate Grosser & Jeremy Moon, 2019. "CSR and Feminist Organization Studies: Towards an Integrated Theorization for the Analysis of Gender Issues," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 155(2), pages 321-342, March.
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