Whistleblowing and Theories of Accountability: A Case Study of Barclays CEO

ACCOUNT THEORY

Accounting
Executive Summary
With the help of change in the regulations there has been a huge development in the reporting
of wrong doing. Further, the presence of mechanism such as whistle blowing, the wrong
practices can be reported without having any personal involvement. In the present report, the
case of CEO of Barclays has been projected where the CEO was fined for $1.1 m when he
tried to breach the standards permitted. The entire report is based on whistle blower, theories
that deals with such acts.
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Accounting
Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................4
i. Facts of the case & whistleblower.................................................................................................4
ii. Attempt to Expose the whistleblower...........................................................................................5
iii. Legitimacy theory..........................................................................................................................5
iv. Stakeholder theory........................................................................................................................5
v. Social contract theory....................................................................................................................6
vi. Compare, contrast and Evaluate....................................................................................................6
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................8
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