Debate: Integrated reporting and accounting for sustainable development across generations by universities

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Book: Parker, D. (2009), The Official History of Privatization (Routledge).

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Paper published in advance online: Bovaird, T. (2015), The ins and outs of outsourcing and insourcing: what have we learnt from the past 30 years? Public Money & Management. DOI 10.1080/09540962.2015.1093298.

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Notes

* In making this statement, I draw on over two decades of experience involving: cross-sectoral research in sustainability accounting and management processes and judging sustainability reports for awards; working with a number of standard- and guideline-setters to develop reporting on sustainable development issues; working as a professor and senior manager in universities; developing award-winning sustainability reports and management systems in a university; and advising on integrated reporting and sustainability disclosures in other sectors.

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Notes on contributors

Carol A. Adams

Carol A. Adams is Professor of Accounting at Durham University Business School, UK.