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List of illustrations vi
List of figures vii
List of tables viii
Dramatis personae ix
List of abbreviations xiii
Acknowledgements xx
Prologue: gilding the corporate lily 1
1 Indecent disclosure: omitted factor in unexpected failure? 14
2 Independence: a misplaced quest for honesty 33
3 Governance overload: a contestable strategy 51
4 A very peculiar practice: accounting under scrutiny 65
5 A most peculiar practice: auditing under the microscope 85
6 The sound of one hand clapping 106
7 ComnJerce without conscience: group enterprise or separate
legal ehtity? 128
8 Grouthhink: fact or fiction? 160
9 An alternative group therapy to consolidation accounting 187
10 'Patching': past, present, prospect 211
Notes 220
Bibliography 252
Index 267