FRONT COVER -- MANAGING REALITY: ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE MIASMA OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DOMAINS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- AD HOC REVIEWERS -- ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WITHIN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE PROCESSES -- INTRODUCTION -- EXTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY STEERING ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE THROUGH PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS -- RESEARCH APPROACH -- EMPIRICAL FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: FERREIRA AND OTLEY'S (2009) 12 QUESTIONS ON THE DESIGN OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS -- APPENDIX B: MANAGERS AND OFFICERS INTERVIEWED -- WHAT IS FRAUD IN PRIVATE SECURITIES LAWSUIT? -- INTRODUCTION -- SECURITIES LITIGATION AND SETTLEMENT -- RELATED RESEARCH AND HYPOTHESES -- SAMPLE SELECTION AND METHODOLOGY -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- VARIABLE DEFINITIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- LITIGATION RISK AND MANAGEMENT REPORTING CHOICE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PSLRA AND SOX -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CRISIS COMMUNICATION IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY: COUNTRYWIDE'S USE OF IMAGE RESTORATION STRATEGIES -- INTRODUCTION -- CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES -- COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL -- COUNTRYWIDE'S CRISIS COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- RECOGNIZING ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES SURROUNDING CEO TURNOVERS -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW AND HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT -- EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- SOCIAL ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTING TEXTBOOKS: PROFESSORS' RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF STUDENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- TOWARD ''STUDENT-CENTERED'' ACCOUNTING RESEARCH.

STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUPS' STUDIES OF TEXTBOOK COSTS -- EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL TEXTBOOKS -- RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF AUDITORS AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS OF VARIOUS REGULATIONS INTRODUCED BY THE DODD-FRANK FINANCIAL REFORM BILL -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BACKGROUND OF DODD-FRANK -- THE OPPOSITION TO DODD-FRANK -- REVIEW OF RELEVANT ACADEMIC LITERATURE -- RESEARCH METHOD -- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- DISCUSSION OF RESULTS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: QUESTIONNAIRE ON FINANCIAL REGULATION -- COMMENTARY AND CRITIQUE OF ''SUSTAINABILITY REPUTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OR 'THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING' BY FREEDMAN AND STAGLIANO (2010)''.