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A comparative linguistic analysis of statements by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in BP plc’s published annual report of 2010 (2015)
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D'Northwood, G. (2015, July). A comparative linguistic analysis of statements by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in BP plc’s published annual report of 2010. Presented at British Accounting & Finance Association Financial Reporting and Business Communication, Nineteenth Annual Conference, Bristol

This paper examines statements by the Chairman and CEO of BP plc from the company’s 2010 annual report. Working on the premise that the reputational fallout from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010 would have heightened the need for the com... Read More about A comparative linguistic analysis of statements by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in BP plc’s published annual report of 2010.