Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management framework
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Resumo: | Institutional environment demands from organizations to be accountable for their social and environmental actions and to provide information allowing the assessment of their long-term prospects for profitability may lead organizations to adopt Impression Management (IM) tactics to manage perceptions. Consequently, organizations may provide accounts demonstrating that they are good corporate citizens and possess the intangible assets required for future good financial performance. Although organizations have increased their corporate social reporting, the quality and reliability of those reports have been questioned. The literature suggests that these disclosures tend to be selective and biased, and do not enhance corporate accountability. This study proposes a formal conceptual framework linking IM, social and environmental accountability, financial performance, and organizational legitimacy. The arguments in this study are of economic, societal, and ethical concern, as IM behaviors may undermine the transparency of social and environmental reporting, and the decoupling between the economic and social image offered by companies through reporting and the reality. These insights also point at the complexities for organizations in dealing with accountability to all stakeholders. The conceptual framework proposed is useful for future studies aiming at understanding how organizations use IM in their corporate social reporting in the accountability process. |
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Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management frameworkaccountabilitycorporate social responsibilityfinancial performanceimpression managementintangible assetslegitimacysocial and environmental disclosuresustainabilityCiências Sociais::Economia e GestãoScience & TechnologyInstitutional environment demands from organizations to be accountable for their social and environmental actions and to provide information allowing the assessment of their long-term prospects for profitability may lead organizations to adopt Impression Management (IM) tactics to manage perceptions. Consequently, organizations may provide accounts demonstrating that they are good corporate citizens and possess the intangible assets required for future good financial performance. Although organizations have increased their corporate social reporting, the quality and reliability of those reports have been questioned. The literature suggests that these disclosures tend to be selective and biased, and do not enhance corporate accountability. This study proposes a formal conceptual framework linking IM, social and environmental accountability, financial performance, and organizational legitimacy. The arguments in this study are of economic, societal, and ethical concern, as IM behaviors may undermine the transparency of social and environmental reporting, and the decoupling between the economic and social image offered by companies through reporting and the reality. These insights also point at the complexities for organizations in dealing with accountability to all stakeholders. The conceptual framework proposed is useful for future studies aiming at understanding how organizations use IM in their corporate social reporting in the accountability process.Delfina Gomes has conducted the study at Research Center in Political Science (UIDB/CPO/00758/2020), University of Minho/University of Évora and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science through national funds. This research was also supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the project grant UIDB/05105/2020.Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteUniversidade do MinhoMartins, AdelaideGomes, DelfinaBranco, Manuel Castelo20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/72040engMartins, A.; Gomes, D.; Branco, M.C. Managing Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure: An Accountability vs. Impression Management Framework. Sustainability 2021, 13, 296. https://doi.org/10.3390/su130102962071-105010.3390/su13010296https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/1/296info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:52:40Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/72040Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:51:50.810931Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management framework |
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Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management framework |
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Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management framework Martins, Adelaide accountability corporate social responsibility financial performance impression management intangible assets legitimacy social and environmental disclosure sustainability Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão Science & Technology |
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Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management framework |
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Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management framework |
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Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management framework |
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Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management framework |
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Managing corporate social and environmental disclosure: An accountability vs. impression management framework |
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Martins, Adelaide |
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Martins, Adelaide Gomes, Delfina Branco, Manuel Castelo |
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Gomes, Delfina Branco, Manuel Castelo |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Martins, Adelaide Gomes, Delfina Branco, Manuel Castelo |
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accountability corporate social responsibility financial performance impression management intangible assets legitimacy social and environmental disclosure sustainability Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão Science & Technology |
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accountability corporate social responsibility financial performance impression management intangible assets legitimacy social and environmental disclosure sustainability Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão Science & Technology |
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Institutional environment demands from organizations to be accountable for their social and environmental actions and to provide information allowing the assessment of their long-term prospects for profitability may lead organizations to adopt Impression Management (IM) tactics to manage perceptions. Consequently, organizations may provide accounts demonstrating that they are good corporate citizens and possess the intangible assets required for future good financial performance. Although organizations have increased their corporate social reporting, the quality and reliability of those reports have been questioned. The literature suggests that these disclosures tend to be selective and biased, and do not enhance corporate accountability. This study proposes a formal conceptual framework linking IM, social and environmental accountability, financial performance, and organizational legitimacy. The arguments in this study are of economic, societal, and ethical concern, as IM behaviors may undermine the transparency of social and environmental reporting, and the decoupling between the economic and social image offered by companies through reporting and the reality. These insights also point at the complexities for organizations in dealing with accountability to all stakeholders. The conceptual framework proposed is useful for future studies aiming at understanding how organizations use IM in their corporate social reporting in the accountability process. |
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