Determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by Malaysian companies

In Malaysia, most public companies do not provide social and environmental information in their annual reports. Given the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the sustainability of resources for future generations, this study attempts to identib; the determinants of non-reporting o...

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Main Authors: Noriah Che-Adam, Phua , Lian Kee, Fauziah Md Taib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6383/
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author Noriah Che-Adam,
Phua , Lian Kee
Fauziah Md Taib,
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description In Malaysia, most public companies do not provide social and environmental information in their annual reports. Given the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the sustainability of resources for future generations, this study attempts to identib; the determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information from the perspectives of proprietary costs and information costs saving. This study analyses the content of annual reports of 368 Malaysian public listed companies. The results show that proprietary cost perspective can explain the non-reporting of social and environmental information while information costs saving perspective can only partially explain the decision. It is also noted that the absence of these drivers are caused by low ethical consumerism and lack of proactive measures by the various watch dog groups in Malaysia.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:63832013-07-05T02:45:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6383/ Determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by Malaysian companies Noriah Che-Adam, Phua , Lian Kee Fauziah Md Taib, In Malaysia, most public companies do not provide social and environmental information in their annual reports. Given the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the sustainability of resources for future generations, this study attempts to identib; the determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information from the perspectives of proprietary costs and information costs saving. This study analyses the content of annual reports of 368 Malaysian public listed companies. The results show that proprietary cost perspective can explain the non-reporting of social and environmental information while information costs saving perspective can only partially explain the decision. It is also noted that the absence of these drivers are caused by low ethical consumerism and lack of proactive measures by the various watch dog groups in Malaysia. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012-12 Article PeerReviewed application/msword en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6383/1/Fast_color_scan_to_a_PDF_file_9.DOC Noriah Che-Adam, and Phua , Lian Kee and Fauziah Md Taib, (2012) Determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by Malaysian companies. Jurnal Pengurusan, 36 . pp. 101-112. ISSN 0127-2713 http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/penerbit/jurus.htm
spellingShingle Noriah Che-Adam,
Phua , Lian Kee
Fauziah Md Taib,
Determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by Malaysian companies
title Determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by Malaysian companies
title_full Determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by Malaysian companies
title_fullStr Determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by Malaysian companies
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by Malaysian companies
title_short Determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by Malaysian companies
title_sort determinants of non-reporting of social and environmental information by malaysian companies
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6383/
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