The expected impacts of regulating non-financial reporting

Karen Maas () and Peter Sampers ()
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Karen Maas: Open Universiteit, Heerlen, Netherlands
Peter Sampers: Maasticjt University, Maastricht, Netherlands

Maandblad Voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie Articles, 2020, vol. 94, issue 7-8, 265-274

Abstract: Traditional financial reporting is not sufficient anymore for the renewed need for information of stakeholders. In result, governments have created different policies to stimulate or to have seen a strong rise in this kind of reporting during the last decades. Stakeholders, including governments, have high expectations about the potential of the reporting process to lead to improved transparency and accountability as well as to internal change and performance improvement. In this article we have developed a theory of change, describing the logic of the path from reporting to performance improvement. Based on a literature study we have collected data that support or argue against this logic line. We conclude that there is limited evidence that we can expect that reporting automatically leads to improved performance. There is a clear need for more research into the impact of non-financial reporting on performance.

Keywords: non-financial; reporting; impact; CSR; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.5117/mab.94.55973

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