This study seeks to explore the impact of the Environment Management Act （EMA） （2005） on the accountability of three companies in Fiji. The study uses a multi-case study approach based on three subsidiaries of a c...This study seeks to explore the impact of the Environment Management Act （EMA） （2005） on the accountability of three companies in Fiji. The study uses a multi-case study approach based on three subsidiaries of a conglomerate. Data collection methods include semi-structured interviews with accountants, internal auditors, and environmental officers, document reviews, and content analysis of annual reports and websites of the respective companies. The findings suggest that the EMA （2005） had some effects in terms of engendering accountability on the companies studied. Further evidence suggests that while this increased accountability has led to disclosures in annual reports and websites, these disclosures are minimal at best; furthermore, they primarily address that the stakeholder group comprised government regulatory authorities. The study provides policy implications on how environmental legislations could be designed to improve the accountability of commercial entities in developing economies. The experience and issues highlighted are also useful to other developing economies who are contemplating in developing their own environmental legislations. This paper is one of the few papers that explore the impact of environmental legislations on accountability in a developing economy context.展开更多
The party＇s Third Plenary Session of the eighteen proposed to fully and properly perform the functions of the government, stressed that the government management to prior approval is more things in the post regulatio...The party＇s Third Plenary Session of the eighteen proposed to fully and properly perform the functions of the government, stressed that the government management to prior approval is more things in the post regulation, the implementation of the ＂Wide into standard＂. From the current regulation, there exists a single way, too microcosmic law enforcement problems, can not meet the needs of the development of society and economy. Regulators should take to promote the benefits of a socialist market economy as the goal to improve administrative efficiency as a means of regulatory authorities. Highly centralized regulatory approach taken by improving the legal system, refme the regulatory content, improve government regulation.展开更多
文摘This study seeks to explore the impact of the Environment Management Act （EMA） （2005） on the accountability of three companies in Fiji. The study uses a multi-case study approach based on three subsidiaries of a conglomerate. Data collection methods include semi-structured interviews with accountants, internal auditors, and environmental officers, document reviews, and content analysis of annual reports and websites of the respective companies. The findings suggest that the EMA （2005） had some effects in terms of engendering accountability on the companies studied. Further evidence suggests that while this increased accountability has led to disclosures in annual reports and websites, these disclosures are minimal at best; furthermore, they primarily address that the stakeholder group comprised government regulatory authorities. The study provides policy implications on how environmental legislations could be designed to improve the accountability of commercial entities in developing economies. The experience and issues highlighted are also useful to other developing economies who are contemplating in developing their own environmental legislations. This paper is one of the few papers that explore the impact of environmental legislations on accountability in a developing economy context.
文摘The party＇s Third Plenary Session of the eighteen proposed to fully and properly perform the functions of the government, stressed that the government management to prior approval is more things in the post regulation, the implementation of the ＂Wide into standard＂. From the current regulation, there exists a single way, too microcosmic law enforcement problems, can not meet the needs of the development of society and economy. Regulators should take to promote the benefits of a socialist market economy as the goal to improve administrative efficiency as a means of regulatory authorities. Highly centralized regulatory approach taken by improving the legal system, refme the regulatory content, improve government regulation.
