Guthrie and Parker (1990)undertook a Comparative Analysis of Corporate Social-Disclosure

question 38

Multiple Choice

Guthrie and Parker (1990) undertook a comparative analysis of corporate social-disclosure practices in the USA,the UK and Australia.Their findings include:

• A) Corporate disclosure in Australia is low compared with the USA and the UK.
• B) Disclosures made by Australian companies are mostly a reactive response to various social pressures.
• C) Australian companies rarely provided "bad news" in its activities
• D) All of the given answers.
• E) Corporate disclosure in Australia is low compared with the USA and the UK; and disclosures made by Australian companies are mostly a reactive response to various social pressures.

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Definitions:

Workplace Situation

The conditions and circumstances that occur within a place of employment.

McGregor's Theory X

A management theory that assumes employees are inherently lazy and will avoid work if they can, necessitating control and coercion by management.

Theory Y

Refers to a management style that is optimistic about employees, assuming they find work as natural as play and will be self-directed if the job is satisfying.

Industrial Revolution

A period of major industrialization from the late 18th to early 19th century that transformed mainly agricultural societies into industrialized and urban ones.