The Routledge companion to accounting communication

One of the prime purposes of accounting is to communicate and yet, to date, this fundamental aspect of the discipline has received relatively little attention. The Routledge Companion to Accounting Communication represents the first collection of contributions to focus on the power of communication in accounting. The chapters have a shared aim of addressing the misconception that accounting is a purely technical, number-based discipline by highlighting the use of narrative, visual and technological methods to communicate accounting information. The contents comprise a mixture of reflective overview, stinging critique, technological exposition, clinical analysis and practical advice to cover topical areas of interest such as: - The miscommunication that preceded the global financial crisis - The failure of sustainability reporting - How to cut clutter - The development of XBRL With an international coterie of contributors, including a communication theorist and a Big Four practitioner in addition to accounting academics, this volume provides an eclectic array of expert analysis and reflection on how accounting communications represent, or misrepresent, the financial affairs of entities, thus presenting a state-of-the-art assessment on each of the main facets of this important topic. As such, this book will be of interest to a wide range of readers, including: postgraduate students in management and accounting; established researchers in the fields of both accounting and communication; and accounting practitioners.