scholarly journals Comprehensive Approach to Relevant and Reliable Reporting in Europe: A Dream Impossible?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jukka Mähönen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Corporate Reporting ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

Corporate reporting and governance are interlinked: Accounting and reporting inventions created the modern company, and without the modern company there is no entity from which to report. Due to its raison d’etre, reporting remained finance-centered, to protect financial capital providers. From the 1970’s, the question of the interests of ‘stakeholders’ emerged, with attempts of ‘social reporting’, ‘corporate social responsibility’, ‘environmental’, and ‘social and environmental’ and finally ‘integrated’ accounting and reporting. These trends are reflected also in the European Union legal framework, both in regulation of especially financial intermediaries and the ‘non-financial’ reporting. This article is based on an extensive literature review, research conducted in the Sustainable Market Actors for Responsible Trade (SMART) project, and socio-legal and economic empirical research based conceptual analysis of the impact of these reporting systems and their relationship to financial accounting and reporting. The result of the research is that sustainability is reduced to focus on institutional investors and other members in the investment supply chain, and climate change issues only, and new regulatory solutions are required. Based on the most recent developments in EU law and in European jurisdictions, possible paths forward are envisaged to encourage sustainability in reporting and assurance, and through that, in governance. As an outcome a set of regulatory reform proposals are given based on the SMART recommendations.

Multilevel hardening in progress – Transition from soft towards hard regulation of CSR in the EU

2020 ◽  
pp. 1023263X2095837
Author(s):  
Tamás Szabados
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Intermediate Stage ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Human Rights Due Diligence ◽  
The Eu

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is gradually undergoing multilevel transformation in the European Union (EU). Hardening of the initially voluntary CSR approach of the EU is progressively taking place in an interaction between the law of the Member States and EU law. Domestic solutions can serve as a model for EU legislation. In this progress, the Non-Financial Reporting Directive, granting considerable flexibility both to companies and the Member States, can indeed be seen as an intermediate stage and it is expected that, under the impact of human rights due diligence requirements recently imposed on companies by Member States, more substantive obligations will also be introduced at an EU level in the future.

scholarly journals Social Media for Corporate Reporting and Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 8636-8642
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Corporate Reporting ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

Social media are web-based communication tools that enable people to interact with each other by both sharing and consuming information. They refer to a group of Internet-based application which is used to create and exchange user-generated content. A recent definition of social media suggests that it is a channel that allows users to opportunistically interact and selectively self-present, either in real-time or asynchronously, with both broad and narrow audiences. Corporate reporting refers to the process of communicating both financial and non-financial information about the resources and performance of a company. Corporate reporting includes the integrated reporting, financial reporting, corporate governance, executive remuneration, corporate social responsibility and narrative reporting. This study is carried out to examine the adoption of social media among Malaysian companies by industry type; and the impact of social media adoption on company’s performance. This study used Top 100 companies in Malaysia as the sample selected based on their market capitalization. These companies are considered to be leading companies that drive the Malaysian economy. It is expected that companies may use multiple forms of social media since users utilize different types of social media platform for different purposes. Therefore, this study considered various types of social media that are commonly used by companies. By using content analysis, the uses of social media were classified into 11 categories including investor relations, corporate social responsibility and financial reporting. The companies are categorized into four quartiles in order to determine whether there are differences in social media adoption by company size or growth opportunity. Statistical model is developed in examining the impact of social media adoption on company’s performance. The data of this study were collected within a period of 3 months and the social media platforms selected were Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, blogs, Google+ and LinkedIn since these platforms were regarded as common among users. The analyzed results suggest that companies from trading or services industry used social media more frequently as compared to the other industries. It is also reported that the highest group of companies that use social media platform comes from those companies that are having the total sales between RM589 million and RM1,245 million. However, there is no notable difference in the adoption of social media in terms of growth opportunities measured by market to book value among Malaysian companies. It is also discovered that the use of social media has positive and significant association with companies’ performance after controlling for size of the company and its leverage. The findings of this study contribute to the body of knowledge in relation to a new dimension of corporate reporting as well as to the management of the companies

Corporate Social Responsibility in der Unternehmensberichterstattung

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Lis ◽  
Christian Neßler
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Corporate Reporting ◽  
Reporting Practice ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

Der Beitrag soll auf die wachsende ökonomische Relevanz von Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) im Rahmen der Unternehmensberichterstattung (UB) Bezug nehmen. Es soll ein Überblick über das CSR-Konzept und dessen Einfluss hinsichtlich der qualitativen Anforderungen an die UB dargestellt werden. In diesem Sinn wird der Bedeutungszuwachs nichtfinanzieller Leistungsindikatoren skizziert und Grenzen der traditionellen UB aufgezeigt. Die Arbeit soll daher zur theoretischen Fundierung von qualitativen Berichterstattungspraktiken beitragen. The paper reviews the growing economic importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in financial reporting and overviews the concepts of CSR management. The impact of CSR regarding the qualitative requirements of corporate reporting is exhibited. In this sense the growing relevance of extra-financial performance indicators is demonstrated and the limitations of reporting get outlined. The paper contributes to a theoretical foundation of qualitative reporting practice. Keywords: shareholder value ansatz, publizitätsgrundsatz, nicht monetäre berichterstattung, csr

scholarly journals The Impact of Changes in Accounting Regulations on Agricultural Entities and Their Business Accounts Since 2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 689-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Otavová ◽  
Jana Gláserová
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Accounting Principles ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

Financial accounting in the European Union is harmonized through directives. In 2013 Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and the Council was issued. It aims to improve the performance of micro and small entities by reducing their administrative burden. The primary requirement of the Directive is to introduce entity size classification. The paper identifies the impact of the transposition of the Directive on the size distribution of agricultural enterprises in the V4 countries and some other countries of the European Union using data from the Amadeus database. In the Czech Republic obligations which are part of financial reporting are determined for agricultural enterprises and their impact on fundamental accounting principles is detected. The implementation of the Directive in the Czech Republic significantly influenced valuation, accounting for and specially reporting of inventories of a company’s own activity and capitalization, which are typical for agricultural enterprises. A comparison of the regulation effective until the end of 2015 with the new regulation showed the impact on the amount of profit and turnover, which are also quantified. The degree of harmonization with IAS/IFRS is also examined.

scholarly journals Social responsibility as the dominant driver of the evolution of reporting from financial to non-financial: theory and methodology

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Svetlana Bychkova ◽  
Svetlana Karelskaia ◽  
Elena Abdalova ◽  
Elena Zhidkova
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Corporate Reporting ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. For over half a century, corporate social responsibility has been in the center of scientific discourse. Its basic concept has become part of strategic management, changing the content of financial reporting and leading to new forms of corporate reporting. Study objects and methods. The article substantiated the importance of studying corporate social responsibility (CSR) concepts and national models. The study covered the CSR basic concept, targets and paradigms. The evolution of CSR was considered in terms of its impact on the formation of non-financial reporting. Results and discussion. The authors identified two stages of non-financial reporting development and two directions for the convergence of financial and non-financial reporting. They proposed an assessment matrix to measure facts, actions, and resources in the past, present, and future. This matrix can help companies to generate information for integrated reporting by showing the impact of each type of capital (financial, production, human, intellectual, social, and environmental) on their value creation. Within a promising direction for developing non-financial reporting in conjunction with financial reporting, the authors set requirements to reflect the impact of climate risks on the company’s activities in accordance with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures. The authors discussed both standardized and their own approaches to CSR indicators. Finally, they addressed the problem of reliability of non-financial reporting, discussed various forms of its verification (taking evidence from food industry enterprises), and set specific principles to control non-financial reporting indicators. Conclusion. The authors identified further promising areas of research in the theory and practice of CSR. Their findings can be used in scientific debates on CSR and in the practice of corporate reporting.

scholarly journals European Union Regulations of Corporate Reporting As a Response to the Evolution of Business Activity Conditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Ryszard Kamiński
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Operating Environment ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Business Reporting ◽  
Corporate Reporting ◽  
Recent Developments

The characteristic feature of today’s business communication is an interaction between enterprises and their external economic and social environment, which in turn demands from enterprises to develop a new approach to the scope and form of business reporting system. Activities in this area are taken in the European Union. They were intensified after the emergence of the economic crisis in 2007. In the European Union adopted new regulations on corporate reporting. Their goal was to increase business transparency and as a result - increase the efficiency of the economy. This article aims to present the new system of financial and non-financial reporting in European Union and to evaluate these systems, focusing in particular, on the recent developments that have occurred in consequence of the changing conditions and operating environment of undertakings.

IFRS IMPLEMENTATION AS ONE OF THE FACTORS FOR IMPROVING THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN UKRAINE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateryna Sova ◽  
◽  
Natalia Yatsenko ◽  
Denys Zagirniak ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to the study of the impact of the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on changes in the investment climate in Ukraine. The relevance of the topic is that improving the practice of applying IFRS as a tool for exchanging financial information is one of the key conditions for improving the investment climate in Ukraine. The authors have created the generalized scheme that illustrates the chronological list of enterprises that are required by law to prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRS. It was noted that in 2018, in accordance with Part 2 of Article 12 of the law on accounting and financial reporting in Ukraine and resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 547 from 11.07.2018, the criteria of enterprises that are required to prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRS were updated. This step significantly increased the level of application of international standards due to the adoption of such a decision at the legislative level. The dynamics of the number of IFRS enterprises in Ukraine was analyzed. The analysis showed that over the past three years, the number of almost all enterprises that must apply international standards has been growing. The advantages of using IFRS for different users of financial statements were determined. It was determined that the priority users of IFRS financial statements are investors. At the same time, it was noted that the main advantage for other users of financial statements prepared in accordance with international standards is the improvement of the investment climate. The dynamics of the Investment Attractiveness Index of Ukraine based on the Likert scale in the period from 2016 to 2020 was analyzed. The direct investment receipts to Ukraine from the European Union countries were studied. The dynamics of direct investment in the Ukrainian economy was analyzed for two types of economic activities that should form financial statements in accordance with IFRS, namely, the extractive industry and quarrying, as well as financial and insurance activities.

scholarly journals International legal experience in combating illegal migration by sea

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 284-287
Author(s):  
O.O. Kukshynova ◽  
A. O. Samoilenko
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Illegal Migration ◽  
Illegal Migrants ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Treaty Of Amsterdam

This article highlights the impact of international law on the global process of illegal migration, reveals a number of international problems related to international migration, in particular by sea, identifies the main factors influencing illegal migration in general, indicates the state of illegal migration in various European Union countries. attention is paid to such important international legal instruments as the Schengen Agreement of 1985 and 1990, the Dublin Convention of 1990, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Treaty of Amsterdam of 1997. The article also focuses on the European Union agency, which deals with the protection of external borders and their protection from illegal migrants, in particular, by sea.The analysis of theoretical and practical aspects of combating illegal migration by sea at the international level, as well as in the development of scientific and theoretical approaches to solving migration problems, characterizes the legal regulation of combating illegal migration by maritime transport and maritime participation established intergovernmental bodies. The main tools of the European Union to combat illegal migration by sea, which can be used to improve the legal regulation of migration authorities of other countries, as well as substantiate the organizational and legal framework of European countries in the field of legal support to combat illegal migration by sea.The actions of European states represented by the relevant state bodies in solving the problems of illegal migration with the help of merchant fleets of European countries are studied. The article pays attention to the influence of illegal migration on the formation and change of legal awareness of society, as the beginning of the formation of criminogenic factors among illegal migrants in the host country.

scholarly journals An Accounting Procedure for Bonds with a Double Currency Denomination in Accordance with the IFRS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Kuz’min
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Mathematical Evaluation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Accounting Procedure

The study is devoted to the development of accounting procedure and recording the financial results of bonds with a double currency denomination in accordance with International Financial Reporting standards (IFRS). The methodological base of the research includes system and dynamic-situational analysis, evaluation models of financial mathematics, accounting procedures of the theory of financial accounting. Based on the assumptions made at the formal mathematical level, this procedure is fully algorithmized, despite the ambiguity or impossibility of direct assessment of such basic accounting indicators as the initial estimate, the internal effective interest rate, and the amortized cost of a financial instrument. Considerable attention is paid to the issues of mathematical evaluation and reflection of financial results when preparing financial statements in accordance with the concept of amortized cost and effective interest rate, taking into account the impact of changes in the currency component in dynamics. The originality and uniqueness of the developed procedure is that it is applicable to the situations where coupon payments are paid several times a year. The theoretical and practical significance of the research is determined by the development of scientific and applied tools that include accounting and process models, evaluation algorithms and procedures that can be used by accounting and audit departments in practical work when solving problems of reporting in accordance with IFRS.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Application of International Standard for Financial Reporting No (9) on the Faithful Representation of Financial Accounting Information in Jordanian Commercial Banks

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Amer Sulaiman Alkhresat ◽  
Tareq Hammad Almubaydeen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Faithful Representation ◽  
Ifrs 9 ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the impact of the application of IFRS 9 on the faithful representation of financial accounting information in Jordanian commercial banks. To achieve this objective, the study used the descriptive analytical approach to analyze a questionnaire that was answered by the managers of 13 commercial banks, which are listed in Amman stock exchange. The researchers distributed 78 questionnaires, while 76 were retrieved with a percentage of 97%. Additionally, the study relied on the descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, and the simple regression to analyze the study data, and hypotheses. As a result, the study found a significant impact for the application of IFRS 9 to the faithful representation of financial accounting information. Relied on the aforementioned consequence, the study recommended that there is a necessity for financial departments to focus on measuring their financial obligations, as well as focusing on the development of accounting policies during the application of the standard. In addition, the study concludes that it is important for these banks to have an adequate knowledge of accounting standards in general, while standard No “9” specifically.

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