CER in China: A Review of Chinese and English Language Studies on Corporate Environmental Reporting

Running head: CER IN CHINA
CER in China
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Table of Contents
Part 1. Research question:................................................................................................................2
Part 2. Importance of the article chosen:.........................................................................................2
Part 3. Importance of the outcomes:................................................................................................5
Part 4. Motive of the author to write the article:..............................................................................6
Part 5. Theory underpins in the research:........................................................................................6
Part 6. Key motivating literature:....................................................................................................6
Part 7. Research method chosen:.....................................................................................................7
Part 8. Selecting of sample:.............................................................................................................7
Part 9. Validity and reliability:........................................................................................................7
Part 10. Analysis of the results:.......................................................................................................7
Part 11. Conclusions and Recommendation consistence with findings:.........................................7
References:......................................................................................................................................8

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Part 1. Research question:
The research question which can be attributed to the chosen article namely, ‘A review of
Chinese and English language studies on corporate environmental reporting in China.’,
would be, Would study of English language besides Chinese language have positive effects
on the corporate environmental reporting or CER in China?’
Part 2. Importance of the article chosen:
The review of the article chosen namely ‘A review of Chinese and English language
studies on corporate environmental reporting in China.’ reveals several important facts. The
importance of the facts are more relevant because the entire article revolves around one of the
fastest emerging economic giants-China. The article brings into the light the tremendously
significant roles the emerging global giants like China are likely to play in global environmental
conservation.
The first important aspect of the article is that it sheds light on the significance of
corporate environmental reporting. The introductory section clearly mentions that the country is
negotiating on the grounds of social equity and environment protection to gain economic growth.
The section then goes on to mention that Chinese is the dominant language used of presenting
corporate reports. The use of English language as the language of corporate culture within the
country was very limited. This created a wide disparity between the linguistic expressions used
in corporate environmental reporting in China and in its western counterparts like the United
States of America. The western scholars were not much acquainted with the Chinese language
and were not able to study the Chinese CER deeply. The Chinese were not able to incorporate
the advanced features of the western corporate reporting system in force like internationally