scholarly journals Environmental and social responsibility reporting. Do Macedonian companies disclose those information and how?

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-231
Author(s):  
Jadranka Mrsik ◽  
Ninko Kostovski
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Regulatory Body ◽  
Environmental Reporting ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
The Government ◽  
Transparency And Disclosure

Abstract Incorporating environmental impact into financial reports is becoming standard practice in the 21st Century. Investors are aware of the need for environmentally correct operations since failures in this domain lower the price of shares. However, in terms of regulation, in most of the countries, environmental reporting remains voluntary. Institutions dealing with development and promotion of the modern accounting and financial reporting standards encourage companies to concurrently report for their environmental activities. The only question is how. Accounting may include information on the environmental impact only if it is quantitative and monetary. Since many nuances of the issues remain difficult to quantify, corporations opt to separately report on their environmental practices. The aim of this paper is to examine the accounting and stock market regulations and the practice of reporting for environmental impact of the operations of the leading Macedonian companies. We selected ten companies that make the Macedonian Stock Exchange Index and additional five companies with significant environmental impact. We reviewed their annual reports and interviewed their financial officers. The results show that the environmental and social responsibility reporting is left to the companies and their management and its perception of the need for keeping posted the major stakeholders and the most appropriate way to do it. As a consequence, many large Macedonian companies do not refer to these issues in their annual addressing to the stakeholders. The findings of this paper can motivate the regulatory body and the government to require more transparency and disclosure of the sustainability information.

scholarly journals Development of mandatory & voluntary instruments of sustainability reporting (SR) according to carrots & sticks 2006 - 2016

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ririn Breliastiti
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Global Reporting Initiative ◽  
Environmental Reporting ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Sustainability Report (SR) has become one of the main reports of the world's leading companies. In 2005, it was found that more than 250 top companies listed on the Fortune 500 had prepared SR separately from the Annual Report. The development of the number of SRs in each country varies. In the developed countries, awareness to compile and issue SR is supported by government regulations so that SR becomes mandatory. In developing countries, SR is still voluntary because there is still no regulation that requires companies to compile and issue SR. The Carrots & Sticks report, compiled and published by KPMG, United Nations Environment Program, Unit for Corporate Governance in Africa & the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), provided details on the development of mandatory and voluntary instruments in implementing Sustainability Reporting (SR) in various Countries throughout the world from 2006 to 2016. Therefore, this research aims to find out the development of the mandatory and voluntary instruments (government policies) related to SR in the world. This type of research is a literature review. The research instrument used consists of a tabulation containing the development of the mandatory and voluntary instruments (government policy) related to SR in the world, then the researcher conducted an analysis of these findings. The results show that there is an increasing enthusiasm for the application of SR throughout the world. There is an increase in commitment and efforts to achieve transparency and accountability. In countries that have an interest in SR, there has been a significant development, such as 19 countries in 2006, 32 countries in 2010, 45 countries and regions in 2013, and 71 countries and regions in 2016. Indonesia is one of the countries in the Asia Pacific region that has given attention to SR and has its regulations. SR regulations have grown from 180 in 2013 to 400 in 2016, with government regulations dominating 80% of all regulations. Mandatory instruments dominate more than voluntary instruments. Application of SR 30% is for large companies that have been listed on the stock exchange. SR reporting by public companies has covered all sectors on the stock exchange. This development was greatly influenced by the role of the government which encouraged companies to disclose information about sustainability in their annual reports. "Social" reporting instruments show a faster development than "environmental" reporting instruments. 

scholarly journals Pengaruh profitabilitas, ukuran perusahaan dan ukuran dewan komisaris terhadap pengungkapan tanggung jawab sosial perusahaan pada perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di bursa efek indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chelsya Chelsya
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Board Of Director ◽  
Corporate Size ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Sustainability Report

This research aims to determine the factors that influence the level of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures by testing the effect of corporate size, profitability, and board of director size on corporate social responsibility disclosures index. Sample used are manufactur sector companies that listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange. The sources of the data were taken from audited financial reports and annual reports and sustainability report, if any. This research uses quantitative approach with multiple linier regression analysis. The results show that profitability, firms’ size and board of director size have a positive effect on corporate social responsibility disclosures.

scholarly journals Timeliness and Relevance of Financial Reporting in Nigerian Quoted Firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ohaka ◽  
Fyneface N. Akani
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Financial accounting standards emphasize timeliness as one of the key components of decision-driven informationalrelevance. Accordingly, if information is not available as and when due but rather made available so late that it bears novalue for future action, then it is operationally irrelevant. To fulfil their primary objective and be useful, therefore,financial reports are expected to be characterized by relevance, reliability, completeness, and timeliness. Against thisbackground, this study examined the relationship of firm size and board independence respectively to the timeliness offinancial reporting in companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Secondary data pertaining to the firmswere derived from their annual reports and the NSE Fact Book for 12 years (2000-2011). Analysis of the research datainvolved test of multicollinearity, heteroskedasticity, and autocorrelation; while the multiple regression techniquefacilitated the test of research hypotheses. The results established a significant relationship between firm size andtimeliness of financial reporting; while in the case of board independence, the relationship was not significant.Consequently, it is recommended that regulatory bodies should ensure better of enforcement of standards relating totimeliness so that financial reports of the firms will be of higher value to key stakeholders.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENGARUH PENGUNGKAPAN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, PROFITABILITAS, DAN LEVERAGE TERHADAP MANAJEMEN PAJAK

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-100
Author(s):  
Surya Anugrah ◽  
Christina Yuliana
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Tax Management ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social

This research is conducted to analyze the influence of disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility, profitability, and leverage to tax management. The company must pay taxes to the government as one of the stakeholders. On the other hand, the company is also required to perform its social responsibility as an effort to gain legitimacy from the local community. The study was conducted on manufacturing companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2015 and by using the panel data analysis method. Of the 143 companies, 70 companies meet population requirements. The number of samples used in this research amounted to 168 units of observation. The data used in this study is secondary data obtained from financial reports and annual reports. The results show that the variables of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure, profitability, and leverage effect to tax management.

scholarly journals THE PRACTICE AND DRIVERS OF CSR DISCLOSURE AMONG THE BLUE-CHIP COMPANIES IN NORTH MACEDONIA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todor Tocev ◽  
◽  
Ivan Dionisijev ◽  
Zoran Minovski ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
Blue Chip

Non-financial reporting is becoming an increasingly common topic of discussion and is a matter of time before it is regularly implemented around the world. Stakeholders want to see how companies contribute to the common good and what social activities they undertake, so although in the Macedonian practice Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) disclosure is not mandatory, there is a growing intention to publicly disclose information about social activities. CSR is extremely important for businesses and other stakeholders, and it requires businesses to develop a corporate strategy that balances environmental, social, and ethical concerns. Through this type of activities, companies manage to increase their influence in society, to leave a good impression but also to contribute to the improvement of society and place of living, which is a win-win situation for everyone. The paper aims to examine the level of CSR reporting in domestic practice, through research conducted on the blue-chip companies listed on the Macedonian Stock Exchange. We analyzed the financial and annual reports and official websites of the joint stock companies that were part of the MBI10 index in the period from 2016 to 2020. First, a theoretical review of the CSR is presented, followed by a literature review on the CSR’s indicators and the state of the CSR in the Macedonian practice. Our findings from the conducted content analysis and linear regression show that larger and more profitable companies show a greater propensity for social responsibility and display more information about their undertaken social related activities.

scholarly journals FRAUDULENT FINANCIAL REPORTING: A PENTAGON FRAUD ANALYSIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-134
Author(s):  
Satria tri Nanda ◽  
Neneng Salmiah ◽  
Dina Mulyana
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Fraudulent Financial Reporting ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Fraudulent Financial Statements

Financial statements describe the company's financial condition. There are many gaps in the financial reports that enable management to commit fraudulent financial reporting. This study purpose to analyze the pentagon fraud, namely the pressure that is proxied by the financial target, the opportunity that is proxied by the effectiveness of monitoring (ineffective monitoring); Rationalization which is proxied by change in auditor; Competence which is proxied by the change of company directors; and Arrogance which is proxied by the number of CEO images that appear (number of CEO's picture), detects fraudulent financial statements measured using the Altman Z Score. The sample used in this study were 24 pharmaceutical sub-sector manufacturing companies registered on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2015 until 2017. The type of data used is secondary data obtained from annual reports and company financial statements for the 2015-2017 period. The analysis of the data used is multiple regression using the SPSS version 16. This study found that financial stability and ineffective monitoring influence fraudulent financial statements. Whereas auditor turnover, change of directors and the number of CEO photos that appear do not affect fraudulent financial statements.

scholarly journals Non-financial reporting of banks from a socially responsible perspective – examples from WIG-ESG

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (164) ◽  
pp. 207-228
Author(s):  
Magdalena Wójcik-Jurkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Stock Index ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Anal Ysis ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
State Of Affairs

The purpose of the article is to assess the non-financial reporting practices used by banks belonging to the new WIG-ESG stock index on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, indicating the scope, form, and mandatory standards. Until 2017, non-financial reporting in EU countries, including Poland, was established on a voluntary basis and was not regulated by law. Directive 2014/95/EU on the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information (effective from 1 January 2017) and its transposition into the Accounting Act are considered a turning point. The article follows previous research conducted by the author (nearly 100 reports of non-financial banks), which resulted in an attempt to assess the current state of affairs, starting with banks. The author decided to analyze eight reports of non-financial banks included in the WIG-ESG index for 2019, considering those banks to be "socially responsible", and treating this sample as representative. The research methods used include a literature review, content analysis, comparative anal-ysis, and the deduction method. The article is one of the first studies to assess banks' non-financial reports after January 1, 2017, and thus it fills the research gap in this area. The three parameters proposed by the author in the area of social responsibility were selected correctly and will constitute a significant contribu-tion to further, extended research in the field of non-financial reporting, adding further criteria for the as-sessment of companies in the area of social responsibility.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PROFITABILITAS, UKURAN PERUSAHAAN, DAN LEVERAGE TERHADAP PENGUNGKAPAN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 6618
Author(s):  
Putu Ayu Cahya Dewi ◽  
Ida Bagus Panji Sedana
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Company Size ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or corporate social responsibility is one of the activities carried out by the company to maintain good relations with the public or the public. Companies are required to submit information about CSR activities carried out, usually these activities are published by the company in annual reports and also sustainability reports. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of profitability, company size, and leverage on CSR disclosure. This research was conducted on basic industrial and chemical sector companies listed on the Stock Exchange in 2014-2017. The sample of this study was 38 companies using the nonprobability sampling method. Data collection is done by observing financial reports and annual reports published by the company. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. Based on the results of the analysis found that the positive and not significant profitability of the effect on CSR disclosure, company size has a positive and significant effect on CSR disclosure, leverage has a negative and significant effect on CSR disclosure. Keywords: profitability, company size, leverage, corporate social responsibility

Good Corporate Governance, Profitabilitas, Ukuran Perusahaan dan Struktur Modal

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Hesty Juni Tambuati Subing
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Basic Industry ◽  
The Capital Structure

The purpose of this research is to know about the effect of these factors Corporate Governane proxy by Institutional Ownership and Number of Board of Directors, Firm Size, and Return On Asset in basic industry and chemistry towards capital structure, and also to determine which of those factors having powerful effect to the capital structure. This research is using secondary data, such as the financial reports, annual reports and other related information of basic industry and chemistry listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange which sample were taken from 45 companies for the period of 2013 to 2014, and the choosing of these samples was based on the purposive sampling method. Panel data is used to test the effect of Institutional Ownership, Board of Directors, Return on Asset and Firm Size among as independent variables, in regard to capital structure as dependent variables. The result shows that only Return On Asset have significant effect to the Capital Structure in the basic industry and chemistry. Meanwhile Institutional Ownership, Board of Directors and Firm Size have no effect to the Capital Structure in the basic industry and chemistry. Keywords: Institutional Ownership, Board of Directors, Return On Asset, Firm Size, Capital Structure

Unfunded Public Employee Health Care Benefits and GASB No. 45

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth K. Keating ◽  
Eric S. Berman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Employment Benefits ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Government Accounting ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) recently released Statement No. 45, Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers for Post-Employment Benefits Other Than Pensions and its companion Statement No. 43 for pooled stand-alone health care plans, which will profoundly affect American governmental finance. The goal of this article is to encourage governments to consider carefully a full range of options in funding and restructuring other post-employment benefits (OPEB). This article will review Statement No. 45's potential impact on governments and review existing disclosures in financial reports as well as bond offering statements. The article will discuss the statement's impact on budgets and governmental operations, including collective bargaining. Funding options under Statement No. 45 will be detailed, including the advantages and disadvantages of irrevocable trusts and OPEB bonds. The article will also discuss the impact of Medicare Part D subsidies received by governments, as well as the bond rating implications of policy decisions surrounding OPEB. As the largest government entities are just now implementing GASB Statement No. 45, estimates of the magnitude of unfunded OPEB liabilities are limited as are the strategies likely to be adopted to cover these obligations. This article offers a summary of the unfunded OPEB liabilities reported by states and major cities and suggests some measures for assessing the ability of these entities to address these costs.

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