Ataur Rahman Belal, David Owen
Purpose This paper seeks to respond to recent calls for more engagement‐based studies of corporate social reporting (CSR) practice by examining the views of corporate managers on the current state of, and future prospects for, social reporting in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach The paper use...
Ataur Rahman Belal
Most of the corporate social reporting (CSR) studies conducted so far have been in the context of developed countries. Very few studies are available on the CSR practices in developing countries. Given the different socio-economic context of developing countries it is argued that it is important to ...
Ataur Rahman Belal, Stuart Cooper
Ataur Rahman Belal, Stuart M. Cooper, Niaz Ahmed Khan
Bangladesh has recently been enjoying significant economic growth mainly arising from an export led development strategy. However, in that process its natural environment has been degraded and become more vulnerable in geophysical terms (e.g. environmental pollution). Much of the Bangladeshi populat...
Ataur Rahman Belal, Robin W. Roberts
Ataur Rahman Belal, Omneya Abdelsalam, Sardar S. Nizamee
Ataur Rahman Belal
Most environmental reporting studies have focused on developed countries. Only a handful number of studies are available on the developing countries, concentrating on the newly industrialized countries and African countries. No studies are available from South Asia except the widely quoted one of Si...
Ataur Rahman Belal
Historically, the study of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting has largely been within the context of Western economies. However, in the wake of highly publicized incidents such as Bhopal and the struggle of the Ogoni people in Nigeria, many large corporations now claim to be taking step...
Ataur Rahman Belal, David Owen
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the underlying drivers for the development and subsequent discontinuation of stand-alone corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in a multinational subsidiary in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – The research approach employed for thi...
Crawford Spence, Chris Carter, Ataur Rahman Belal, Javier Husillos et al.
The sociology of the professions has shied away from cross-national comparative work. Yet research in different professional jurisdictions emphasizes the transnational nature of professional fields. Further work is therefore needed that explores the extent to which transnational professional fields ...
Ataur Rahman Belal
Ataur Rahman Belal, Crawford Spence, Chris Carter, Jingqi Zhu
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the work practices of Big 4 firms in Bangladesh with the aim of exploring the extent to which global professional service firms (GPSFs) can be thought of as being genuinely “global”. Design/methodology/approach Interviews were undertaken with the vast ...
Ataur Rahman Belal, Muhammad Rezaul Kabir, Stuart Cooper, Prasanta Kumar Dey et al.
Purpose – In this article, we examine the nature and the extent of corporate environmental and climate change disclosures in Bangladesh.Design/methodology/approach – For this purpose, we have undertaken a content analysis of annual reports related to the year 2008 and websites of the 100 largest com...
Ataur Rahman Belal, Mohammed Mehadi Masud Mazumder, Mohobbot Ali
Abstract Given the nature and importance of Islamic banks in recent times, we can expect them to have significant intellectual capital anchored in their Sharia‐based knowledge and expertise. However, we know very little or nothing about how and why intellectual capital‐related information is provide...
Shuchita Sharmin, Niaz Ahmed Khan, Ataur Rahman Belal
ABSTRACT This paper empirically examines a corporate community involvement (CCI) initiative in Bangladesh. Drawing on a conceptual framework of ‘collaborative betterment’ and ‘collaborative empowerment’ and by using focus group discussions and interviews, it assesses the initiative to examine the ex...