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Contents List of illustrations List of figures List of tables Dramatis personae Abbreviations Acknowledgements Prologue: Gilding the corporate lily 1 Indecent disclosure: omitted factor in unexpected failure? 2 Independence: a misplaced quest for honesty 3 Governance overload: a contestable strategy 4 A very peculiar practice: accounting under scrutiny 5 A most peculiar practice: auditing under the microscope 6 The sound of one hand clapping 7 Commerce without conscience: group enterprise or separate legal entity? 8 Groupthink: fact or fiction? 9 An alternative group therapy to consolidation accounting 10 'Patching': past, present, prospect Notes Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Business failures.
Corporations -- Accounting.
Corporate debt.
Business ethics.