Thesiss

Earnings management (EM) and white-collar crime (WCC) have been associated with corporate scandals. Companies involved in fraudulent financial reporting have used deceitful practices to manipulate earnings and hide investors from the true natures of their financial conditions. T…

This thesis is a narratological and rhetorical study of the speeches made by leaders in the <em>Anabasis</em> as attempts at persuasion. It aims at interpreting the function of the speeches by linking a leader's use of rhetoric to the success or failure of his leadership. This t…