Technical resources

Culture and channelling corporate behaviour

This series of four reports aims to assist boards in preparing to assess their corporate culture and in understanding how it can influence either functional or dysfunctional behaviour.

Increasing gender diversity to boost performance

This paper aims to help finance professionals understand the value of gender diversity and make the business case for diversity to their peers.

The business case for diversity management

This joint ACCA–ESRC report investigates the limitations of current diversity management and what could be done to help organisations benefit from greater diversity and inclusive cultures.

Towards better diversity management

This paper discusses the limitations of current diversity management and at what could be done to help organisations benefit from greater diversity and inclusive cultures.

Exploring diversity in business

Alison Maitland explains how diversity has risen high onto the agenda of business leaders, driven by growing recognition of the business case for it.

Paving the way to opportunities: women in leadership across the Commonwealth

This report by Janjuha-Jivraj and Arif Zaman, presents the most comprehensive review of the progress of women in leadership positions across the Commonwealth.

Talent and capability in global finance functions

This report uses detailed case studies to present insights from leading organisations on the challenges, solutions and opportunities for talent management in today’s global finance function.

Women in finance: a springboard to corporate board positions?

ACCA and ESRC explore whether having a financial background or qualification affects the likelihood that senior women will obtain a FTSE 100 board directorship.

Talent management in a shared services world: 2012 survey

This report provides results from one of the largest-ever surveys on talent management practices across the global finance profession. It provides some simple data points on the current state of talent management activities from global finance functions that have adopted shared service centres. Over 1,200 finance functions with shared service centres responded to this survey.

Expert panels on diversity in business

Alison Maitland summarises ACCA's Expert Panel events and their views on diversity in business.

Driving business performance through diversity

This joint ACCA–ESRC report summarises the views of three expert panels on diversity in business held in London, Shanghai and Delhi between November 2011 and January 2012.

Finance leaders on sourcing success

This report presents the results of a global survey of finance leaders on the aims and effectiveness of finance shared services and outsourcing programmes. It explores the initial drivers behind adopting finance shared services and outsourcing finance operations, considers how these are evolving, and the success of current approaches.

Building a better business through finance diversity

This report shows why diversity in the finance function is important and considers how businesses can develop more diverse finance functions.

Harnessing diversity for global business performance

This briefing paper introduces the 2011–12 ACCA–ESRC roundtables about harnessing diversity in business with some short examples of how diversity, or the lack of it, affects sustainable business growth.

FRC: gender diversity on boards

Comments from ACCA to the Financial Reporting Council.

Equal opportunity for women in the workplace: a study of corporate disclosure

ACCA research report 102, by K. Grosser, C. Adams and J. Moon.