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This 16 page paper is written in four parts. The first part looks at the concept of silent and shadow accounts, what they how they can be used and the value they may provide for stakeholders of Tesco and other companies. The second part of the paper looks at different risk disclosure statements made Tesco and classifies them under agency, signalling or legitimacy theory. The third part of the paper considers the company's share price movements and the underlying reasons for these moves. The forth part of the paper examines the charitable donation, of the company and considers if these are too little, just right or too much. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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16 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEtesco.rtf
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is a company that cannot fail to harm the environment both directly and indirectly. The company needs to transport large levels of goods, for the majority of larger stores it
is necessary for customers to use cars, and many goods which are sold are also highly polluting by nature, not only petrol, but also goods in the stores. The
production of the annual accounts by Tesco indicate their high level of success, the growth in the revenue and the increased market share are all positive aspects of the
operation of Tesco due to an inherent bias. It cannot be argued that all output is good, some negative aspects must exist. One tool that has been suggested as being
viable to develop a more holistic or balanced approach, where both positive and negative outputs can be assessed is the use of silent or shadow accounts. The production of
shadow or silent accounts may originate from an independent party which may be described as " social accounts which may impose broader accountability relationships on organisations" (ODwyer, 2004). Tesco
may be seen as taking a step towards this for themselves with the publication of the Corporate responsibility report, however, this is still an internal publication and may suffer from
the same bias. It shadow accounts have the potential of addressing the asymmetry then this internal production is unlikely to resolve the bias, as Dey (quoted ODwyer, 2004), states "even
if the voices of stakeholders are recognised and used to construct [a social] account, new forms of social accounting tend to narrow and distort accountability relationships rather than augment and
improve them. The argument that emerges form this assumed paradigm of social reporting is that nether the company, or the stakeholders can
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