Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting. The case of WIG20 companies

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https://doi.org/10.33119/SIP.2018.170.1

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non-financial reporting, social reporting, CSR reporting

Abstract

Non-financial reporting means the scope of disclosure has been expanded with non-financial data, mainly social and environmental information. Such reporting developed together with the increasing importance of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) concept. This paper aims to identify the dynamics of non-financial reporting across the world and in Poland and presents its binding standards. Review of subject-matter literature has been supplemented with the analysis of reporting practices of companies listed at the Warsaw Stock Exchange and included in the WIG20 index. Our analysis revealed the dynamics of reporting practices and their significant differentiation across the examined companies with regard to the time frame, forms of reports, their length and adopted standards.

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2019-08-01

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Aluchna, M., Roszkowska-Menkes, M., & Kytsyuk, I. (2019). Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting. The case of WIG20 companies. Studies and Work of the Collegium of Management and Finance , (170), 9–27. https://doi.org/10.33119/SIP.2018.170.1

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