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INTRODUCTION
Atpresent,acharacteristicphenomenonofthebusinessworldisthedeepening
ofmutualintegrationbetweenenterprisesandtheireconomic,socialandexter-
nalenvironment.Thishascausedachangeinthinkingaboutthewayenterpris-
es1communicatewithexternalentities;thereisaneedforanewapproachtothe
shapeandscopeofthebusinessreportingsystem.Theanswertothischallenge
wastheintroductionofmanynewlegalregulationsandenvironmentalstandards
(concerning,amongotherthings,accounting,auditing,corporategovernance,
ethics).Theseregulationsandstandardshavebothlocal(national)regional(EU)
andinternationalcoverage.Theircommonfeatureisthattheirgoalistostriveto
meettheinformationneedsofcorporatestakeholdersasbestaspossible.
Theshapeofnewregulationsregardingaccountingandcorporatereporting
isaconsequenceoftheexpectationsregardingthecontentofcompanyreports
preparedfortheirstakeholdersandthepossibilitiestomeettheseexpectations-
includingtechnical,organizationalandhumanresourcescapabilities.
Theevolutionoflegalregulationsaswellastheaccountingandreportingstan-
dards,aswellastheirtheoreticalfoundation(intheformofnewconcepts,prin-
ciples,definitions,andclassification)isnotacompletedprocess.Nevertheless,
severaldominantdirectionsofchangescanbementioned.Theyare:
-disseminationoftheapplicationofinternationalfinancialreportingstan-
dards;
-givinginternationalstandardsaleadingroleintheprocessofevolvingEU
regulationsoncorporatereporting;
-inclusionofsocialandenvironmentalissuesinthethematicscopeofthe
reports;
-developmentofreportingsystemsintegratingthefinancialcontentand
non-financialissues;
1Inthismonograph,theterm“enterprise”isusedinterchangeablywiththeterms“underta-
king,”“company”or(business)entity.ThisisduetothefactthatintheEnglish-languagesubject
literatureandlegalactsreferredtointhemonograph,allthesetermsareusedtonameabusiness
entitythatmaintainsaccountingandreporting.Unificationofterminologyinthisareawouldcause,
amongothers,thenecessityofinterferingwiththeoriginaltextscitedinthework,andtheauthor
wantedtoavoidthem.
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