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e Corporate Report invites submission of manu- scripts, in English, on subjects that relate to the South African corporate environment and of interest to the professional readership of the journal. Topics include but are not limited to:
• corporate governance and corporate citizenship • compliance (laws, codes, standards, regulations) • integrated and nancial reporting
• boards and directors
• sustainability
• ethics
• risk and internal audit
• governance of information technology • stakeholder relations.
e Corporate Report accepts manuscripts of two types:
1. Long articles: ese are feature pieces providing
a detailed analysis of the topic under discussion,
ideally between 2, 500 and 4, 000 words in length. 2. Short articles: ese are shorter, more focused
pieces of between 500 and 2, 000 words.
An article will be considered for publication on the following conditions:
• e author must give the publisher assurance that
the manuscript has not, in whole or in part or in substance, been published or o ered for publication elsewhere.
• e author must properly acknowledge the contribution made by others in the production of his or her manuscript by footnoting all references.
• e editors reserve the right to make the changes they consider necessary or desirable in order to
° eliminate ambiguity, illogicality, tautology, circumlocution and redundancy
° produce or improve accuracy and coherence ° avoid possible criminal or civil liability.
Style Guide
Referencing
Books
Nancy Kline Time to ink: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind (Cassell 1999) 44-9.
is may subsequently be abbreviated to: Kline Time to ink 44-9.
• e author’s name should be given exactly as he or she gives it.
• Note that there is no comma a er the author’s name. • e title should be in italics.
• Maximum capitalisation applies.
• e publisher and year of publication is placed in
parentheses a er the title and is not italicised.
• e relevant page numbers appear a er the
publication date.
Chapters in books
N Kotze ‘Legal Compliance’ in MCJ Olmesdahl & NC Steytler (eds) Compliance for Companies: A Comprehensive Overview (Juta 1983) 151.
is may subsequently be abbreviated to: Kotze in Olmesdahl & Steytler (eds) Compliance for Companies 151.
• Title of contribution in roman type and between single quotes.
• e word ‘in’ in roman type.
• General/overseeing author/editor’s rst name or
initials before surname.
• e abbreviation ‘(ed)’ or ‘(eds)’.
• e relevant page numbers appear a er the
publication date.
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bring the manuscript into the house style of e Corporate Report
correct spelling and punctuation errors, as well as errors in syntax, use of idiomatic language, and so on
Note to Contributors
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