'True and Fair' as the Moral Compass of Financial Reporting

12 Pages Posted: 21 Oct 2009 Last revised: 23 Aug 2011

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Shyam Sunder

Yale University - School of Management; Yale University - Cowles Foundation

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Date Written: September 15, 2009

Abstract

Experience with the 75 years of development of, and increasing reliance on, written standards of corporate financial reporting suggests that balancing them with community’s social norms may be a better option. “True and fair” override of written standards could serve as the moral compass of financial reporting

Keywords: True and fair, financial reporting, standards, ethics, social norms

JEL Classification: M41

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Sunder, Shyam, 'True and Fair' as the Moral Compass of Financial Reporting (September 15, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1487721 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1487721

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