Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface to second edition -- The function of corporate reporting -- Measuring and reporting performance -- Accounting for social and environmental performance -- Semiology and statistics : a methodology for analysis -- The performance discourse : measurement and evaluation -- The environmental discourse : the qualitative evidence -- Considering performance : interpretation of the evidence -- The future focus of reporting : evidence from semiotic analysis -- The semiology of external reporting : an evaluation of the evidence -- The future of corporate reporting -- Bibliography -- Index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.