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The Impact of Disclosure on Diversity: Evidence From the Canada Business Corporations Act

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the impact of a 2020 “comply‐or‐explain” disclosure mandate implemented in Canada. This regulation imposed the first disclosure mandate extending beyond gender diversity to include racial diversity. Using federally registered public firms as a treatment group and provincially registered public firms as a control group, we establish ...
Thomas Bourveau, Xingchao Gao, Ole‐Kristian Hope   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost in Evaluation: The Intricacies of First‐ and Second‐Order Evaluations in Auditors' Promotion Committees in the Big 4 Audit Firms

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The evaluation of auditors in the Big 4 audit firms has largely remained a “black box” in accounting and audit research. Little is known about how these processes operate within audit firms or how they relate to promotion decisions. This study addresses this gap by providing direct insight into promotion committee decision‐making.
Claire Garnier, Sébastien Stenger, Thomas Roulet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engagement radical, désengagement et déradicalisation. Continuum et lignes de fracture

Lien Social et Politiques, 2012
L’article s’attache à l’engagement radical entendu de façon classique comme un militantisme qui, à partir d’une posture de rupture vis-à-vis de la société d’appartenance, accepte au moins en théorie le recours à des formes non conventionnelles d’action ...
Isabelle Sommier
doaj   +1 more source

The Origins of la vie neutre:Nicolas Caussin's Influence on the Writings of Gabrielle Suchon [PDF]

, 2009
This article examines the influence of Nicolas Caussin's writing on secular celibacy (vie neutre) — and especially of his Vie de Sainte Isabelle (1643) — on Gabrielle Suchon's Traité de la morale et de la politique (1693) and Du célibat volontaire, ou la
Desnain, V.
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Endogenous opposition: Identity and ideology in Kuwaiti electoral politics

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How do opposition elites succeed in authoritarian elections? Existing theories of authoritarian politics suggest a pivotal role for elections in enhancing the survival of incumbent dictators. Yet, in many contexts, opposition elites attract considerable support and constrain the policymaking authorities of these dictators.
Daniel L. Tavana
wiley   +1 more source

Can riots represent? A democratic theory

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Political theory has been perennially concerned with interrogating, identifying, and clarifying the political functions of riots. Yet, political theorists have mostly fallen short of explaining the relationship between riots and democracy, although this is central to the democratic theory of contestation and crucial for evaluating the ...
Alexis Bibeau‐Gagnon
wiley   +1 more source

«Différant des Autres», Espacements et Temporalités Spectrales

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT That night that he agreed to our suggestion that we accompany him outside, for the whole night or until the overflow has passed, M seemed to be in direct contact with all the layers of astronomy, inhabiting all temporalities simultaneously. Outside, lying/sitting on the picnic table, in the pitch‐black darkness of the night in the woods, under
Amélie‐Anne Mailhot
wiley   +1 more source

Utility and Justice: French Liberal Economists in the 19th Century. [PDF]

French liberal economists share a very surprising reading of Bentham's theory. In this paper, we underline the method according to which these French liberal economists in the nineteenth century economists understand Bentham's utilitarianism: they ...
Nathalie Sigot
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EU Neighbourhood policy: implications for public services and trade unions [PDF]

, 2006
The EU Neighbourhood policy creates pressures to liberalise and privatise public services.
Hall, David
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From rhetoric to measurement: The economics of wetland conservation

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, EarlyView.
Abstract Wetland conservation continues to be a pressing issue as wetlands continue to be lost due to urban, industrial, and agricultural expansion. This paper synthesizes the current knowledge about wetland conservation economics in Canada, with a focus on prairie landscapes. We review the methods economists use to empirically measure the costs (i.e.,
Patrick Lloyd‐Smith, Peter Boxall, Ken Belcher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source