Sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective

Sustainability reporting is one of the latest trends that shape corporate reporting practices in the current business climate. With the advent of globalization, firms have begun to report environmental, ethical, social responsibility and human resource policies. Non-financial information that ca...

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Main Author: Özcan, Ahmet
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16739/
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description Sustainability reporting is one of the latest trends that shape corporate reporting practices in the current business climate. With the advent of globalization, firms have begun to report environmental, ethical, social responsibility and human resource policies. Non-financial information that can enhance the quality of investment decisions is disclosed in sustainability reports. This paper aims to analyze the association between sustainability reporting and corporate attributes using a sample that includes 106 firms operating in Turkey. Using pooled cross-sectional logistic regression analysis, the empirical findings reveal that firm size, profitability, leverage, board independency and industry membership are important corporate attributes affecting the decision to issue sustainability report. The empirical findings of this paper are expected to provide valuable insights regarding sustainability reporting practices for stakeholders.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:167392021-06-08T02:40:13Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16739/ Sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective Özcan, Ahmet Sustainability reporting is one of the latest trends that shape corporate reporting practices in the current business climate. With the advent of globalization, firms have begun to report environmental, ethical, social responsibility and human resource policies. Non-financial information that can enhance the quality of investment decisions is disclosed in sustainability reports. This paper aims to analyze the association between sustainability reporting and corporate attributes using a sample that includes 106 firms operating in Turkey. Using pooled cross-sectional logistic regression analysis, the empirical findings reveal that firm size, profitability, leverage, board independency and industry membership are important corporate attributes affecting the decision to issue sustainability report. The empirical findings of this paper are expected to provide valuable insights regarding sustainability reporting practices for stakeholders. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16739/1/37466-141167-1-PB.pdf Özcan, Ahmet (2020) Sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective. Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 14 . pp. 1-8. ISSN 2180-3838 https://ejournal.ukm.my/ajac/issue/view/1350
spellingShingle Özcan, Ahmet
Sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective
title Sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective
title_full Sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective
title_fullStr Sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective
title_short Sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective
title_sort sustainability reporting and corporate attributes: an emerging market perspective
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16739/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16739/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16739/1/37466-141167-1-PB.pdf