Performance Evaluation of the Implementation of the 2013/34/EU Directive in Romania on the Basis of Corporate Social Responsibility Reports

Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu and Viorel Costin Banța
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Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, A. I. Cuza St. No. 13, 200396 Craiova, Dolj, Romania
Viorel Costin Banța: Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Ion N. Angelescu Building, Piața Romană nr. 6, sector 1, 010374 Bucharest, Romania

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: The paper highlights part of the results of an investigation-based analysis. The research was carried out at the level of the 680 public interest entities with over 500 employees, for the first time enforced by law, together with the financial statements for 2017 reported in 2018, to publish non-financial social responsibility, the environment, and promotion of an ethical and sustainable business with sufficient and measurable care for the employees, the environment, and the local community. The analysis was extended to a representative sample of 246 entities, for which we analyzed both the degree of compliance of entities in Romania with their obligation to make non-financial information public and the determination of the level of compliance of the content of non-financial reports in depending on the minimum requirements of the directive. Thus, the most common published non-financial information has been identified, which has allowed for the definition of a sustainable and competitive business. The degree of compliance was also determined at the territorial, structural, and legal level. Moreover, this scientific study emphasizes the strong connections that exist between key concepts, such as: corporate social responsibility, intellectual capital, environmental protection, sustainability, ethics and integrity in today’s contemporary society.

Keywords: sustainability; social responsibility; intellectual capital; environmental protection; biodiversity; audit; accounting; economic and financial analysis; competitiveness; ethics and integrity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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