Corporate Communication and Sustainable Development: A Global Perspective

This book analyses transparency as a primary requirement for successful corporate governance and emphasizes its importance in all activities.It also examines how transparency finds expression in communication processes in external relationships. The volume demonstrates how external communication can be executed in a transparent and reliable way: for instance, a disclosure should enhance the stakeholders’ trust in the firm’s ability to satisfy their needs and improve their assent to the firm’s mission.The book discusses the aims of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) towards contributing to a sustainable global economy through “integrating thinking”, thereby acquainting resource providers with the connections among the most significant components of the firm and external stakeholders.It showcases the value of integrated reporting in the relationships between financial and non-financial performance, which are sometimes underestimated by directors and managers.It also pr