Samsonova-Taddei, Anna
Turley, W. Stuart
Article History
Received: 20 July 2016
Accepted: 28 March 2017
First Online: 7 April 2017
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: There is no conflict of interest involved in either carrying out or reporting the findings of this study.
: This study relies primarily on the analysis of documentary materials in the public domain, and where necessary the authors received consent from the organization under study (the Financial Reporting Council in the UK) to access and review these documents.
: We also draw on a small number of interviews with FRC staff, and we can confirm that those interviews were carried out in accordance with the ethics guidelines of our home institution and also with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its latter amendments. Also, an informal consent was obtained from all the individuals interviewed for this study.