Does the institutional environment affect CSR disclosure? The role of governance/ Ha influencia do ambiente institucional nas praticas de divulgacao de RSC? O papel da governanca/ ?El entorno institucional influye en las practicas de revelacion de informacion de la RSC? El papel del gobierno corporativo

The aim of this article is to analyze whether the institutional environment has a direct effect on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting practices or if this effect is explained by the influence of the institutional environment on Corporate Governance (CG) mechanisms. To conduct our study,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista de administração de emprêsas 2016-11, Vol.56 (6), p.641
Hauptverfasser: Del Mar Miras Rodriguez, Maria, Perez, Bernabe Escobar
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this article is to analyze whether the institutional environment has a direct effect on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting practices or if this effect is explained by the influence of the institutional environment on Corporate Governance (CG) mechanisms. To conduct our study, we focused on two countries that reflect different types of institutional environment: relation-based (Brazil) and rule-based (Spain). Based on our results, we can affirm that the institutional environment influences CG mechanisms (Board Size and Reference Shareholder) as well as companies' CSR disclosure. Additionally, the CG mechanisms affected by the institutional environment also help to explain differences in CSR reporting practices. As relation-based societies evolve into rules-based environments, the information disclosed about CSR becomes more complex due to a strengthening of CG mechanisms. KEYWORDS | Corporate governance, disclosure, corporate social responsibility, institutional environment, ownership structure. O objetivo desta investigacao e examinar se o efeito do ambiente institucional sobre as praticas de divulgacao de informacoes de Responsabilidade Social Corporativa (RSC) e direto ou se e devido a influencia desse ambiente sobre as caracteristicas de Governanca Corporativa (GC). Neste sentido, sao comparados dois ambientes institucionais: o Brasil, porque e centrado nas relacoes, e a Espanha, porque e centrada em normas. A partir dos resultados obtidos, pode-se deduzir que o ambiente institucional influencia caracteristicas da GC (Tamanho do Conselho de Administracao e Acionista de Referencia), bem como a divulgacao sobre a RSC. Alem disso, essas caracteristicas da GC sao influenciadas pelo ambiente institucional e, por sua vez, explicam as diferencas encontradas nas praticas de divulgacao de informacoes de RSC. Assim, a medida que as sociedades centradas nas relacoes evoluem para outras centradas em normas, as informacoes divulgadas sobre RSC tornam-se mais complexas, devido ao fortalecimento das caracteristicas da GC. PALAVRAS-CHAVE | Governanca corporativa, divulgacao de informacoes, responsabilidade social corporativa, cultura nacional, estrutura acionista. El objetivo es examinar si el efecto que el entorno institucional ejerce sobre la informacion divulgada sobre la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC) es directo o si se explica por la influencia que este entorno tiene sobre las caracteristicas del Gobierno Corporativo. Para ello, s
ISSN:0034-7590
2178-938X
DOI:10.1590/S0034-759020160606