The Role of Ethical Leadership in Online Sustainability Reporting: A Study on Malaysia
Stakeholders demand transparency through better information disclosure to curtail corporate scandals and to regain trust. The answer is online sustainability reporting that can provide timely information and meets stakeholders’ demands for greater speed and a greater volume of information disclosur...
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| author | Rahim, Nazahah Biggs, David Aly, Doaa |
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| description | Stakeholders demand transparency through better information disclosure to curtail corporate
scandals and to regain trust. The answer is online sustainability reporting that can provide timely information and meets stakeholders’ demands for greater speed and a greater volume of information disclosure.The objective of this study is to investigate the current level of online sustainability reporting among public listed
companies in Malaysia and to explain any variations in online sustainability reporting, using ethical leadership behaviours as the explanatory factors. A disclosure index, which included 60 CSR/sustainability items grouped
according to four dimensions-community, workplace, marketplace and environment is used. The explanatory variables are extracted from a questionnaire survey, where univariate and multivariate analyses are employed.The items in the questionnaire are based on the Ethical Leadership at Work (ELW) scale developed by Kalshoven et al. (2011)which focuses on respondents’ opinion on ethical leadership of their supervisors at their respective companies. The results indicate that leaders’ ethical guidance, concern about sustainability and role clarification are affecting the amount of CSR information disclosed on Malaysian companies’
websites.This study provides new insight for corporate leaders, academics and policymakers on how the behaviours of leaders, who are key corporate players, can impact on the setting of sustainability goals and enhance accountability through online disclosure.Limited studies have examined leadership related variables as a determinant of disclosing sustainability information online.The empirical evidence of this study provides support for human-related factors, which has never been discovered before. |
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| spelling | uum-248192018-09-26T01:46:16Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24819/ The Role of Ethical Leadership in Online Sustainability Reporting: A Study on Malaysia Rahim, Nazahah Biggs, David Aly, Doaa HD28 Management. Industrial Management Stakeholders demand transparency through better information disclosure to curtail corporate scandals and to regain trust. The answer is online sustainability reporting that can provide timely information and meets stakeholders’ demands for greater speed and a greater volume of information disclosure.The objective of this study is to investigate the current level of online sustainability reporting among public listed companies in Malaysia and to explain any variations in online sustainability reporting, using ethical leadership behaviours as the explanatory factors. A disclosure index, which included 60 CSR/sustainability items grouped according to four dimensions-community, workplace, marketplace and environment is used. The explanatory variables are extracted from a questionnaire survey, where univariate and multivariate analyses are employed.The items in the questionnaire are based on the Ethical Leadership at Work (ELW) scale developed by Kalshoven et al. (2011)which focuses on respondents’ opinion on ethical leadership of their supervisors at their respective companies. The results indicate that leaders’ ethical guidance, concern about sustainability and role clarification are affecting the amount of CSR information disclosed on Malaysian companies’ websites.This study provides new insight for corporate leaders, academics and policymakers on how the behaviours of leaders, who are key corporate players, can impact on the setting of sustainability goals and enhance accountability through online disclosure.Limited studies have examined leadership related variables as a determinant of disclosing sustainability information online.The empirical evidence of this study provides support for human-related factors, which has never been discovered before. 2017-07-11 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24819/1/2nd%20IRC%202017%2057.pdf Rahim, Nazahah and Biggs, David and Aly, Doaa (2017) The Role of Ethical Leadership in Online Sustainability Reporting: A Study on Malaysia. In: 2nd International Research Conference on Economics Business and Social Sciences, 11-12 July 2017, Park Royal Hotel Penang Malaysia.. |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Rahim, Nazahah Biggs, David Aly, Doaa The Role of Ethical Leadership in Online Sustainability Reporting: A Study on Malaysia |
| title | The Role of Ethical Leadership in Online Sustainability Reporting: A Study on Malaysia |
| title_full | The Role of Ethical Leadership in Online Sustainability Reporting: A Study on Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Ethical Leadership in Online Sustainability Reporting: A Study on Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Ethical Leadership in Online Sustainability Reporting: A Study on Malaysia |
| title_short | The Role of Ethical Leadership in Online Sustainability Reporting: A Study on Malaysia |
| title_sort | role of ethical leadership in online sustainability reporting a study on malaysia |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24819/1/2nd%20IRC%202017%2057.pdf |
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