Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports

This research investigates power relationships in the disclosure on women and gender related issues in corporate sustainability reports. For this purpose fifty two companies from the 2013 Fortune top 100 list were selected. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) was conducted on the basis of Fairclough’s...

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Main Authors:	Hossain, Dewan Mahboob, Nik Ahmad, Nik Nazli, Siraj, Siti Alawiyah
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2017
Subjects:	HC Economic History and Conditions
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spelling	iium-574322019-12-06T00:41:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57432/ Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports Hossain, Dewan Mahboob Nik Ahmad, Nik Nazli Siraj, Siti Alawiyah HC Economic History and Conditions This research investigates power relationships in the disclosure on women and gender related issues in corporate sustainability reports. For this purpose fifty two companies from the 2013 Fortune top 100 list were selected. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) was conducted on the basis of Fairclough’s (1989) framework. Fairclough suggested analysing the language from three dimensions: text, process and social. Through CDA the notions of power and hegemony were identified and explained with the help of Bourdieu’s cultural capital as suggested by Everett (2004) and Aaken et al. (2012). The research concludes that discourses on women and gender carry the traditional patriarchal notions and reflect traditional ideas about women prevailing in most of the societies. Women were presented as a distressed species and companies tried to portray themselves as the saviours of women. The findings of this research contribute to the critical accounting literature by highlighting the strategic use of language in relation to gender issues by large global corporations. Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57432/12/57432_Power%20relationships%20in%20gender-related%20disclosures_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57432/2/57432_Power%20relationships%20in%20gender-related%20disclosures_SCOPUS.pdf Hossain, Dewan Mahboob and Nik Ahmad, Nik Nazli and Siraj, Siti Alawiyah (2017) Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports. International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 12 (3). pp. 262-288. ISSN 1477-9048 E-ISSN 1741-802X https://www.inderscience.com/offer.php?id=88254 10.1504/IJBGE.2017.088254
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spellingShingle	HC Economic History and Conditions Hossain, Dewan Mahboob Nik Ahmad, Nik Nazli Siraj, Siti Alawiyah Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports
description	This research investigates power relationships in the disclosure on women and gender related issues in corporate sustainability reports. For this purpose fifty two companies from the 2013 Fortune top 100 list were selected. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) was conducted on the basis of Fairclough’s (1989) framework. Fairclough suggested analysing the language from three dimensions: text, process and social. Through CDA the notions of power and hegemony were identified and explained with the help of Bourdieu’s cultural capital as suggested by Everett (2004) and Aaken et al. (2012). The research concludes that discourses on women and gender carry the traditional patriarchal notions and reflect traditional ideas about women prevailing in most of the societies. Women were presented as a distressed species and companies tried to portray themselves as the saviours of women. The findings of this research contribute to the critical accounting literature by highlighting the strategic use of language in relation to gender issues by large global corporations. Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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author	Hossain, Dewan Mahboob Nik Ahmad, Nik Nazli Siraj, Siti Alawiyah
author_facet	Hossain, Dewan Mahboob Nik Ahmad, Nik Nazli Siraj, Siti Alawiyah
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title	Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports
title_short	Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports
title_full	Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports
title_fullStr	Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports
title_full_unstemmed	Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports
title_sort	power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports
publisher	Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
publishDate	2017
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Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports

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