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By Joe Mont2015-09-29T14:15:00
“Materiality” has long been defined as that financial information which might harm or benefit a shareholder. In modern corporate governance, however, that’s changing. One new proposal seeks to define material information in terms of sustainability for multiple stakeholders, not just shareholders. That has sparked debates over fiduciary duty, corporate personhood, ...
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2016-11-29T11:15:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
For companies complying with internal board initiatives to create a more sustainable business, integrating risk management is key, writes Jaclyn Jaeger.
2016-01-26T10:30:00Z By Joe Mont
Members of the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee are ramping up their fight with FASB over proposals that redefine its approach to materiality in financial statements. The plan is “fraught with the risk that disclosures that are unfavorable to the issuer are disproportionately viewed as immaterial and as a result excluded ...
2015-11-17T10:45:00Z By Tammy Whitehouse
Image: An effort to align the accounting world’s definition of materiality with how the idea is widely understood in legal circles is sparking a fierce debate in corporate accounting circles, with potentially big consequences for financial reporting. “More information or more disclosure is better than less, in general,” said Damon ...
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