Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD) of construction companies in Malaysia / Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Tamoi Janggu

This article examines the social and environmental disclosures of 37 construction companies listed on Malaysian Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2002. The main objective is to investigate the extent to which Malaysian construction companies disclose social and environmental information and to find out w...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Zain, Mustaffa, Janggu, Tamoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Accountancy & Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2006
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13791/1/AJ_MUSTAFFA%20MOHAMED%20ZAIN%20MAR%2006.pdf
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description This article examines the social and environmental disclosures of 37 construction companies listed on Malaysian Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2002. The main objective is to investigate the extent to which Malaysian construction companies disclose social and environmental information and to find out whether the amount of disclosure have relationship with the company's characteristics; size, profitability, leverage, and audit firm. The result provides strong evidence that total CSD is positively related to companies' size and profitability. This implies that larger and more profitable corporations disclose more social and environmental information signaling that they are responsible corporate citizens. Trend analysis of data further confirms that construction companies especially company majority owned by 'corporate owner' in Malaysia are aware of their social responsibility but still at low level. However, the result of the current study rejects the assumption that total CSD is related to audit firm. The test also reveals that there exists no strong evidence to support the relationship between total CSD and leverage.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:137912016-07-21T09:10:54Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13791/ Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD) of construction companies in Malaysia / Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Tamoi Janggu mar Mohamed Zain, Mustaffa Janggu, Tamoi Malaysia This article examines the social and environmental disclosures of 37 construction companies listed on Malaysian Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2002. The main objective is to investigate the extent to which Malaysian construction companies disclose social and environmental information and to find out whether the amount of disclosure have relationship with the company's characteristics; size, profitability, leverage, and audit firm. The result provides strong evidence that total CSD is positively related to companies' size and profitability. This implies that larger and more profitable corporations disclose more social and environmental information signaling that they are responsible corporate citizens. Trend analysis of data further confirms that construction companies especially company majority owned by 'corporate owner' in Malaysia are aware of their social responsibility but still at low level. However, the result of the current study rejects the assumption that total CSD is related to audit firm. The test also reveals that there exists no strong evidence to support the relationship between total CSD and leverage. Faculty of Accountancy & Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2006 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13791/1/AJ_MUSTAFFA%20MOHAMED%20ZAIN%20MAR%2006.pdf Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD) of construction companies in Malaysia / Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Tamoi Janggu. (2006) Malaysian Accounting Review <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Accounting_Review/>, 5 (1). pp. 85-114. ISSN 1675-4077 https://mar.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Malaysia
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Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD) of construction companies in Malaysia / Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Tamoi Janggu
title Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD) of construction companies in Malaysia / Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Tamoi Janggu
title_full Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD) of construction companies in Malaysia / Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Tamoi Janggu
title_fullStr Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD) of construction companies in Malaysia / Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Tamoi Janggu
title_full_unstemmed Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD) of construction companies in Malaysia / Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Tamoi Janggu
title_short Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD) of construction companies in Malaysia / Mustaffa Mohamed Zain and Tamoi Janggu
title_sort corporate social disclosure csd of construction companies in malaysia mustaffa mohamed zain and tamoi janggu
topic Malaysia
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13791/1/AJ_MUSTAFFA%20MOHAMED%20ZAIN%20MAR%2006.pdf
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