Social disclosure of the brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE and BOVESPA: its relation to the levels of corporate governance

The transparency of accounting information awards credibility to the enterprises regarding their investors, mainly on respect to the results obtained by social projects. Thus, this article analyses whether the requirements of corporate governance defined by BOVESPA and NYSE contribute or not to suff...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo de Souza Gonçalves, Elionor Farah Jreige Weffort, Ivam Ricardo Peleias, Andrea de Oliveira Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2009-11-01
Series:Revista Contemporânea de Contabilidade
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/contabilidade/article/view/1843
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author Rodrigo de Souza Gonçalves
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Ivam Ricardo Peleias
Andrea de Oliveira Gonçalves
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description The transparency of accounting information awards credibility to the enterprises regarding their investors, mainly on respect to the results obtained by social projects. Thus, this article analyses whether the requirements of corporate governance defined by BOVESPA and NYSE contribute or not to sufficient disclosure of the resources allocated for social projects. The results of this research have shown that the levels of corporate governance defined by BOVESPA don’t influence the level of social disclosure, since the enterprises on Level 2 obtained better results that the ones of the New Market, being the Brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE the group with the major level of social disclosure.
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spelling doaj.art-c05229ab15b34c47b8b76d4eb4a862112022-12-21T22:23:59ZporUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaRevista Contemporânea de Contabilidade1807-18212175-80692009-11-0159719410.5007/2175-8069.2008v5n9p719914Social disclosure of the brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE and BOVESPA: its relation to the levels of corporate governanceRodrigo de Souza Gonçalves0Elionor Farah Jreige Weffort1Ivam Ricardo Peleias2Andrea de Oliveira Gonçalves3UNB - Brasília - DFFECAP - São Paulo - SPFECAP - São Paulo - SPUNIEURO - Brasília - DFThe transparency of accounting information awards credibility to the enterprises regarding their investors, mainly on respect to the results obtained by social projects. Thus, this article analyses whether the requirements of corporate governance defined by BOVESPA and NYSE contribute or not to sufficient disclosure of the resources allocated for social projects. The results of this research have shown that the levels of corporate governance defined by BOVESPA don’t influence the level of social disclosure, since the enterprises on Level 2 obtained better results that the ones of the New Market, being the Brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE the group with the major level of social disclosure.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/contabilidade/article/view/1843governança corporativasocial disclosureevidenciaçãocorporate governancedisclosure
spellingShingle Rodrigo de Souza Gonçalves
Elionor Farah Jreige Weffort
Ivam Ricardo Peleias
Andrea de Oliveira Gonçalves
Social disclosure of the brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE and BOVESPA: its relation to the levels of corporate governance
Revista Contemporânea de Contabilidade
governança corporativa
social disclosure
evidenciação
corporate governance
disclosure
title Social disclosure of the brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE and BOVESPA: its relation to the levels of corporate governance
title_full Social disclosure of the brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE and BOVESPA: its relation to the levels of corporate governance
title_fullStr Social disclosure of the brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE and BOVESPA: its relation to the levels of corporate governance
title_full_unstemmed Social disclosure of the brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE and BOVESPA: its relation to the levels of corporate governance
title_short Social disclosure of the brazilian enterprises listed by NYSE and BOVESPA: its relation to the levels of corporate governance
title_sort social disclosure of the brazilian enterprises listed by nyse and bovespa its relation to the levels of corporate governance
topic governança corporativa
social disclosure
evidenciação
corporate governance
disclosure
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/contabilidade/article/view/1843
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