企业社会责任报告的规范问题分析

企业社会责任报告是企业非财务信息披露的重要载体,编制企业社会责任报告对企业来说是一个创造价值的过程。分析我国社会责任报告在内容、质量、地区分布及第三方审核等方面的相关规范问题,提出规范内容、完善形式、加强引导及实施监督等措施。并以中联重科所发布的2010年社会责任报告进行了例证。     

企业社会责任报告鉴证意见是否具有信息含量——来自我国上市公司的经验证据

近年来,我国上市公司披露企业社会责任报告的现象越来越多,企业保证社会责任报告质量的方式有两种:一是独立第三方出具的企业社会责任报告鉴证意见;二是企业董事会对企业社会责任报告质量出具的自我承诺。这两种保证形式是否具有信息含量是大家所关心的问题。本文以沪深两市2009—2010年披露企业社会责任报告的940家上市公司为研究对象,依据信号传递理论,运用事件研究法研究发现:企业社会责任报告鉴证意见具有正向的市场反应,而董事会承诺不具有市场反应。根据我国的制度背景、理论分析和实证结果,从如何完善我国的企业社会责任报告鉴证标准、鉴证主体、鉴证客体、政府部门对董事会承诺的监管重点等方面提出了政策建议。     

论企业社会责任会计信息的披露

对企业社会责任会计信息进行恰当的披露,有利于人们全面了解企业社会责任的履行情况.本文就企业社会责任会计信息披露的原则、内容、报告模式等内容予以阐述.     

我国上市公司社会责任报告的统计分析

长期以来,我国社会责任信息披披露散见于上市公司年报与大众媒体中,未见独立的上市公司社会责任报告。受此条件限制,国内对上市公司社会责任信息披露的研究样本一般来源于上市公司年报,少数单独研究社会责任报告的文章则样本容量太少,上述研究不可避免存在一些局限。2006年,宝钢公司发布我国第一份上市公司可持续发展报告报告,2006年3月国家电网发布我国第一份公司社会责任报告,此后有将近二十几家公司发布了独立的社会责任报告。进入2007、2008年,越来越多的上市公司开始发布独立的社会责任报告。这一趋势为我国社会责任信息披露提供了新的研究样本和视角。本文试图分析我国社会责任报告披露的制度背景,以2005-2007年我国上市公司社会责任报告作为研究样本,对社会责任报告披露的行业、时间、驱动因素、形式、结构、内容、质量等方面进行统计分析,总结我国社会责任报告披露的相关规律,最后提出相关政策建议。     

主要金融集团企业社会责任报告对比分析

为了推动国内银行业企业社会责任报告的编制工作，本文对国内外主要金融机构已发布的商业银行企业社会责任报告进行了对比分析，主要涉及企业社会责任的定义、企业社会责任报告框架、内容和措施的对比，以及报告所披露获奖情况的介绍，并在此基础上对国内银行业社会责任报告的内容提出了框架性的建议。[编者按]     

企业社会责任报告鉴证内容及方式研究

本文以2009-2011年度企业社会责任报告为样本,对企业社会责任报告鉴证的内容和方法进行分析。结果发现,会计师事务所和专业机构的鉴证内容主要包括数据准确性、企业社会责任报告的编制流程、重要社会责任事项披露情况、利益相关方的有关情况及是否遵循相关原则等,而行业协会、专家评级委员会、专家及相关方则主要就报告编制和企业社会责任本身进行相关建议。不过和财务报表审计的数据可靠性相比,社会责任报告的数据准确性只涉及与企业相关原始文件进行对比,并没有涉及到对原始文件数据本身准确性的鉴证。社会责任报告的鉴证方法也比财务报表审计简单很多,主要是运用抽样检查法检查报告与原始文件的一致性,并运用访谈法了解企业的社会责任事项及报告的编制流程,由此判断数据的可靠性。     

我国企业社会责任信息披露问题的探讨

企业披露社会责任信息是企业对所承担的社会责任情况的反映,本文通过对一些上市公司的调查对我国企业的社会责任信息披露现状进行分析,并对企业社会责任信息披露的内容、模式及构建企业社会责任信息披露机制提出了建议。     

论社会责任会计信息披露监管的改进路径

近年来,企业履行社会责任并披露社会责任信息日益受到关注;对社会责任会计信息披露的监管问题目前存在着诸多问题亟待改进.本文综述了国内外社会责任会计的相关研究后,从社会责任会计信息披露的各主要博弈方着手,分析了社会责任会计信息披露监管存在的问题及主要原因,最后提出了社会责任会计信息披露监管的改进路径.     

论企业社会责任会计信息披露体系的构建

企业除了盈利的目的外还要承担相应的社会责任,因此企业社会责任的会计信息披露体系的建设显得尤为重要.本文对构建企业社会责任会计信息披露的必要性做了阐述,分析了当前会计信息披露存在的问题,最后提出了披露的内容和形式和一些解决的方法.     

企业社会责任信息披露与权益资本成本

运用理论分析和实证检验的方法从权益资本成本的角度研究我国上市公司企业社会责任信息披露的经济动机.研究发现:上市公司上期权益资本成本越高,本期披露社会责任报告的可能性越大,说明降低权益资本成本是上市公司决定是否披露社会责任报告的重要经济动机;对于首次披露企业社会责任报告的公司,上期权益资本成本越高,本期社会责任信息披露质量越高;但对非首次披露企业社会责任报告的公司来说,披露企业社会责任报告的资本成本动机不显著.     

The disclosure of corporate social responsibility reports and sales performance in China

Based on legitimacy and stakeholder theory, we investigate whether there is an association between the disclosure of corporate social responsibility reports and a firm's sales performance in China. The empirical results reveal that the return on sales and sales growth are positively associated with the level of corporate social responsibility reporting in China. This positive association is strengthened when firms have concentrated customers. Firms use corporate social responsibility reports to improve sales performance and attract customers, who are one of their major stakeholders, and retain their legitimacy.     

Empowering social responsibility of Islamic organizations through Waqf

Engaging in social responsibility practices is currently being viewed as essential to Islamic organizations. The potential of using waqf as a source of funding for such practices has not been vastly explored. The aim of this study is to provide evidence of the current corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) and to examine the viability of using waqf for the purpose of CSR.Content analyses of the annual and sustainability reports of twenty-four (24) IFIs in Malaysia for a four (4) year period from 2010 to 2013 were undertaken to provide insights on their current CSR practices. The CSR disclosure items were categorized into vital and recommended items, where the vital elements denote key activities that are essential and are to be undertaken while the recommended items refer to discretionary activities that may be carried out. Semi-structured interviews with three (3) Waqf experts were also carried out to draw their opinions about waqf.The results of the study revealed that for the vital items, the IFIs in Malaysia were focusing their CSR practices on the workplace while for the recommended items the focus was on community issues. Corporate waqf is viewed as a viable alternative that organizations can use to help address social issues of the community. However, there are critical issues that needed to be dealt with to transformed waqf practices in the country.     

循环经济下社会责任成本信息揭示

循环经济是一种新型的可持续发展经济.企业是社会的企业,将企业的社会责任成本与企业的可持续发展结合起来,进行社会责任成本相关理论与实务研究,对于企业的长期发展具有重要的现实意义.本文从社会责任成本的界定入手,对国内外企业社会责任成本信息揭示的现状作了介绍与分析,并对循环经济下如何更有效地进行社会责任成本的信息揭示作了初步探讨.     

承担社会责任提升企业竞争力

企业社会责任是20世纪以来经济学、管理学等诸多学科共同研究的热点问题。国际社会对企业的社会责任要求已经从号召转变成一种具体行动。本文以国内外理论界对企业社会责任的研究作为切入点,紧紧围绕企业承担社会责任对企业竞争力提升有何影响展开论述,并提出强化我国企业社会责任建设提升企业竞争力的建议。     

企业社会责任报告传递信息效度研究

通过分析国内上市公司2012年发布的社会责任报告与公司社会绩效的相关性来揭示社会责任报告反映信息的有效性,从而考察上市公司社会责任报告的质量水平。实证结果表明：上市公司社会责任报告与社会绩效之间存在显著关系,但社会绩效变量对社会责任报告水平解释能力较弱,表明上市公司社会责任报告存在一定的虚构内容。政府部门应加强监管,使企业社会责任行为落到实处。为认识我国上市公司履行社会责任提供了新的视角和经验证据,对于促进上市公司提高社会责任信息披露水平、积极履行社会责任具有现实意义。     

Impact of internal control quality on the information content of social responsibility reports: A study based on text similarity—Evidence from China

To date, the impact of internal control on text information social responsibility reports has been rarely explored. This study investigates the correlation between internal control and information content of social responsibility reports based on the similarity of text information of reports by listed enterprises in 2006–2017. Overall, high-quality internal control results in low text similarity of social responsibility and high information content of social responsibility reports. The internal control quality could enhance the information content of social responsibility reports by decreasing the enterprise’s agency costs. For large-scale corporations, non-state enterprises and those with intensive public attention, effective internal control can enhance the information content of social responsibility reports. The agency cost can exert a partial mediating effect for large-scale corporations and enterprises with intensive public attention and complete mediating effect for non-state enterprises. Moreover, this study extends the scope of internal control to the quantitative dimension of text information and has crucial implications for listed enterprises, investors, and governments regarding internal control and disclosure of social responsibility information.     

Corporate social responsibility committees and the use of corporate social responsibility assurance services

This study examines whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) committees associate with the external assurance of CSR reports. Specifically, we consider the presence and effectiveness of CSR committees. Using a sample of Australian firms over the period 2004–2016, we show the mere presence of a CSR committee is not related to the external assurance of CSR. However, CSR committee effectiveness is positively related. In addition, firms with higher CSR committee effectiveness are more likely to seek external assurance provided by the Big4 accountancy firms and acquire financial audit and CSR assurance services from the same provider. Taken together, CSR committee effectiveness plays an active role in CSR assurance services. Our results are particularly relevant to those with interests in understanding the demand and choice of external CSR assurance services, as well as the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on these services.     

个人投资者情绪对企业履行社会责任的影响

基于利益相关者理论,运用多元回归模型,依据2010-2018年度企业社会责任相关数据,将中国A股非金融类上市公司分为重污染企业和非重污染企业,考量个人投资者情绪对企业社会责任的影响.结果显示:个人投资者情绪越积极,企业社会责任履行状况越好;个人投资者情绪治理的效果会受污染异质性影响,相对于非重污染企业而言,个人投资者情绪对于重污染企业社会责任履行的影响更显著.鉴于此,应建立投资者情绪监测机制、鼓励社会责任投资等.     

Mandatory CSR disclosure,monitoring and investment efficiency: evidence from China

This study investigates the effect of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure on firms’ investment efficiency in China. Using the CSR regulation that mandates a group of listed firms to disclose stand‐alone CSR reports after 2008 as a natural experiment, we find that firms subject to the mandatory CSR regulation have decreased investment inefficiency subsequent to the mandate, especially in cases of overinvestment. This effect is more pronounced for firms with a control‐ownership wedge, state‐owned enterprises (SOEs), and firms having lower institutional ownership. Further analyses find that the reduction of overinvestment is much more significant in industries with high pollution and that the reduction in investment is not due to the CSR spending siphoning off capital used in other projects. We argue that mandatory corporate social responsibility disclosure improves monitoring over firms in China, especially when firms are characterised as having severe agency problems.