Power relationships in gender-related disclosures: exploring language in selected Fortune 500 companies’ sustainability reports

• Main Authors: Hossain, Dewan Mahboob, Nik Ahmad, Nik Nazli, Siraj, Siti Alawiah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Inderscience Publisher 2017
• Subjects: H61.8 Communication of information
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/78967/7/78967%20Power%20relationships%20in%20gender-related%20disclosures.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/78967/8/78967%20Power%20relationships%20in%20gender-related%20disclosures%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/78967/; https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJBGE.2017.088254#d11348e61

This research investigates power relationships in the disclosure on women and gender related issues in corporate sustainability reports. For this purpose fifty two companies from the 2013 Fortune top 100 list were selected. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) was conducted on the basis of Fairclough’...