52 research outputs found

    Non-Financial Information versus Financial as a Key to the Stakeholder Engagement: A Higher Education Perspective

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    In light of the increased demand for greater accountability and legitimacy, new disclosure mechanisms based on non-financial transparency have emerged. Universities cannot be left behind with respect to these social demands. In addition, continuous competition in excellence is driving higher education organizations to exhibit a greater visibility of their results, necessarily incorporating more non-financial aspects to boost stakeholder engagement. The novelty of this work lies in the analysis of the real state of non-financial vs. financial information in both public and private universities and in the exploration of their influence on stakeholder online engagement. To this end, a content analysis of the universities’ web pages and Facebook profiles was conducted, and a multivariable linear regression analysis was performed. The main results show that private and larger universities that lead Webometrics for Google Scholar Citations, and those that have gradually been adopting financial reporting, are the most interested in implementing Facebook as a two-way communication strategy. It seems that stakeholders react more to financial transparency and, therefore, universities still prefer financial disclosure to improve accountability

    social responsibility in the electricity sector

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    In recent years, corporate social responsibility has become a key factor in business management. Thus, new principles and business practices have emerged to ensure sustainable development, taking into account the environmental and social problems. In this respect, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the voluntary information disclosure by the electricity sector´s companies in their corporate social responsibility reports. Given that the main impacts of electrical energy production affects the environment, the analysis of an international sample composed of 40 electrical corporations reveals that sector improvements in environmental performance are superior to the economic and social developmentEn los últimos años, la responsabilidad social corporativa se ha convertido en un factor clave de la gestión empresarial. Así, han surgido nuevos principios y prácticas empresariales encaminadas a procurar el desarrollo sostenible atendiendo a la problemática medioambiental y social. En este sentido, el objetivo del trabajo es analizar la información voluntaria que divulgan las organizaciones del sector eléctrico en las memorias de responsabilidad social corporativa. Dado que las principales repercusiones de la producción de energía eléctrica afectan al medioambiente, el análisis realizado a una muestra de carácter internacional compuesta por 40 corporaciones eléctricas revela que las mejoras del sector en el desempeño ambiental son superiores al económico y socia

    Determinantes de la información sostenible divulgada por las empresas de electricidad: un estudio internacional / Determining factors of sustainable information disseminated by electric power companies: an international study

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    Resumen El objetivo del artículo es examinar los factores que afectan a la información voluntaria suministrada por las organizaciones del sector eléctrico en sus memorias de sostenibilidad. La metodología utilizada consiste en aplicar un modelo de regresión Tobit, para medir la influencia de las variables independientes sobre un indicador de sostenibilidad. La muestra objeto de estudio la constituyen 40 corporaciones eléctricas, fundamentalmente europeas y americanas, incluidas en el listado de la Global Reporting Initiative. Los resultados sugieren que; la rentabilidad, la participación en el mercado y la evaluación de la información emitida, influyen en la información que figura en las memorias de sostenibilidad.The aim of this article is to examine factors affecting to the voluntary information that electricity sector organizations provide in their sustainability reports. The methodology involves the application of Tobit regression model to measure the influence of independent variables on an indicator of sustainability. The study sample consists of 40 electrical corporations, mainly European and American, including in the list of the Global Reporting Initiative. The results revealed that the market share, return on investment and the evaluation of the information are variables that influence, significantly, on the information contained in sustainability reports

    Las organizaciones no gubernamentales y la divulgación en internet de información financiera y no financiera

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    Las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales (ONG) son hoy día centro de atención no solo por su presencia en la mayoría de las actividades de interés social sino también por los escándalos de fraude protagonizados en los últimos años. Estos hechos han cuestionado su legitimidad y su credibilidad. Para fomentar la confianza hacia este colectivo, autores, entes públicos y las propias ONG manifiestan la necesidad de transparencia, de elaboración de códigos de buenas prácticas y del uso de Internet, y más concretamente las páginas Web, como herramienta de comunicación. Dentro de la extensa investigación sobre el impacto de Internet en la transparencia de las organizaciones, podemos señalar dos líneas claramente diferenciadas, por un lado, aquellos trabajos centrados en describir la evolucionando en el uso de las páginas Web como medio de divulgación de información y, por otro lado, aquellas publicaciones que intentan explicar la influencia de variables del entorno sobre la divulgación de información empresarial a través de Internet. En este contexto y centrado en las ONG españolas, el presente trabajo tiene dos objetivos fundamentales, por un lado, el análisis del grado de transparencia de estas entidades y, por otro lado, el estudio de la relación entre el grado de transparencias y la cantidad de información disponible en las páginas Web. Este análisis se ha efectuado sobre una muestra de 128 ONG pertenecientes a la Fundación Lealtad, quien establece el grado de transparencia de estas organizaciones en función del cumplimiento de los principios de su propio código de buenas prácticas. Como conclusiones más destacadas de nuestro trabajo podemos señalar que se ha comprobado que actualmente en España las ONG tienen un nivel medio-bajo de divulgación de información por medio de sus páginas Web. Su alcance de visibilidad se concentra mayoritariamente en información relativa a la transparencia de actividades y en menor proporción a información económica y organizativa. Así mismo, hay que destacar que las ONG que más cumplen los principios de la Fundación Lealtad son las más responsables en la divulgación de información económica por lo que demuestra que, a diferencia de aquellas ONG menos transparentes según estos principios, dan mayor importancia a los aspectos económicos. Sin embargo, esta relación no se cumple para la información de carácter organizativo y de actividades por lo que indica que su atención hacia estas áreas toma un segundo plano.Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) are currently the center of attention due to their involvement not only in most of the social interest activities but also in the fraud scandals of recent years. These facts have questioned their legitimacy and credibility. Therefore, authors, public entities and NGOs consider the need to promote trust in NGOs by transparency, good practice codes and the use of Internet, particularly web pages, as a communication tool. From the existing extensive research on Internet impact in the organization transparency, we can highlight that there are two types of research, on one hand, those focused on describing web page evolution as a dissemination of information tool, and on the other hand, those that try to explain the influence of environmental criteria in disseminating business information by Internet. In this context, and focused on Spanish NGOs, this paper pursues two objectives; analyses of the organizations transparency levels, and studies the link between their transparency level and the amount of information that is available about them on their web pages. This paper is based on a sample of 128 Spanish NGOs which are members of the foundation called “Fundación Lealtad”. This foundation sets the transparency level of each one of their NGOs members based on them complying with the principles established in good practice code. As the main findings of our paper, we can highlight the following: firstly that nowadays, Spanish NGOs level of disseminating their information by web page is medium to low and that the information provided focuses more on their activities than on their economical and organizational aspects. Secondly, the NGOs that comply with more of the principles set by Fundación Lealtad consider it of paramount importance to provide economical information on their web page. However, they regard the information about their organization and activities secondary

    Los diferentes tipos de operadores de capital riesgo españoles ante la transparencia informativa online

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    Aunque en España no existe legislación que regule la transparencia a través de Internet de los diferentes operadores de capital riesgo, muchas son las iniciativas que se están proponiendo en los últimos años a nivel internacional con el fin de mejorarla.  Bajo esta circunstancia, en este trabajo se realiza un estudio de las distintas entidades de capital riesgo distinguiendo entre sociedades de capital riesgo, sociedades gestoras de capital riesgo nacionales y sociedades gestoras de capital riesgo transnacionales para averiguar el uso que todas ellas hacen de Internet como medio de divulgación de la información financiera y no financiera, para mejorar la transparencia. --- Although in Spain there is no legislation on transparency on Internet for the different venture capital operators, many initiatives are being proposed in recent years, at international level, in order to improve it. Under this circumstance there is realized a study of the different Spanish venture capital operators, differentiating among venture capital firms, national venture capital management firms and transnational venture capital management firms, to verify the use that they do of Internet as way of spreading financial and not financial information and to analyze his transparency online

    EL ROL DE LOS CÓDIGOS DE CONDUCTA EN EL FOMENTO DE LA ÉTICA PÚBLICA: UN ANÁLISIS COMPARATIVO ENTRE MÉXICO Y COLOMBIA

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    RESUMEN En los países Latinoamericanos y en especial México y Colombia, existe un creciente interés por fomentar la ética en el ámbito público, ya que se considera una parte integral de los mecanismos para fomentar la democracia y buenas prácticas en el sector. En base a estos precedentes el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo el análisis comparativo de los valores que fomentan los códigos de conducta de los ayuntamientos de México y Colombia. Los resultados muestran que existen diferencias significativas en los valores transparencia, honestidad y justicia. En este sentido, los Ayuntamientos colombianos prestan un mayor interés por comunicar la importancia del acceso a la información pública, mientras que los mexicanos realizan un mayor énfasis en promocionar conductas que garanticen la honestidad y la equidad de los funcionarios públicos. ABSTRACT In Latin American countries and particularly in Mexico and Colombia there is an increasing demand for improving ethic in the public sector, due to it is an integral part of the mechanisms for boosting democracy and best practice. Based on these considerations, this paper aims to perform a comparative analysis of the values that are fostered by the codes of conduct from Mexican and Colombian local governments. The main findings show that there are significant differences in the values transparency, honesty and equity. In this regard, the Colombian local governments pay a greater attention to the importance of the access to public information while those Mexican give more emphasis in promotion conducts that guarantee the honesty and equity of the public servants

    Social Responsibility information disclosure: Comparison between public versus private company in Spain

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    The aim of this paper is the comparative analysis of the online information disclosed regarding social responsibility between public and private companies, as well as their determining factors. To this end, a comparative analysis followed by a multiple regression analysis was performed. The findings indicate that public companies have greater availability of information in their websites concerning the economic and environmental impact of their activities than private ones. Likewise, it is evidenced that “type of property” is a determining factor for transparency practices.El objetivo de este trabajo es examinar la información sobre responsabilidad social divulgada online por empresas públicas frente a las privadas y sus factores determinantes. Para ello, se ha realizado un análisis comparativo así como un análisis de regresión múltiple. Los resultados muestran que las empresas públicas disponen en sus páginas web de mayor información referente al impacto económico y medioambiental de sus actividades, que en el caso de las privadas. Asimismo, se evidencia que el factor “tipo de propiedad” es determinante en las prácticas de transparencia

    NGO’s Efficiency and Transparency Policy: The Colombian Case

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    In recent years the influence of Colombian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in diverse social sectors of the country has increased. However, the legitimacy of this sector has been undermined by corruption. This distrust has questioned the efficiency of NGOs as social tools. Transparency as a mechanism against corruption and one of the tools that improves the functioning of an organization is considered. There is no doubt that Internet is an essential element in disseminating information to the different stakeholders of the organization.This paper sets out three main objectives: i) the analysis of information disclosure through the Internet of Colombian NGOs, ii) the analysis of the efficiency of these entities in reaching their social goals and, iii) the analysis of the online transparency effect in a greater efficiency of the Colombian NGOs

    Determinantes da divulgação de responsabilidade social corporativa no setor financeiro espanhol

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    Firms have chosen to make known their commitment with sustainable economic development as a result of the rejection of those organizations with behaviors that violate human rights, or cause environmental damage. It's a study about the disclosure of social responsibility presented by credit institutions. We seek to identify the factors that determine the supply of information. The results of the study show that reports on sustainability of the entities analyzed contain a high volume of information, on emphasizing the economic and social aspects. Determinants, trading on the stock market, type of entity and implementation of the framework GRI3 are the variables that are more related to the publication of information on corporate social responsibility. The research findings are important in the context of "Spanish financial crisis".Las empresas han optado dar a conocer su compromiso con el desarrollo económico sostenible, como resultado del rechazo a aquellas organizaciones con conductas que atentan contra los derechos humanos o, bien provocan daños medioambientales. En el presente trabajo se realiza un estudio acerca de la divulgación de información sobre responsabilidad social que presentan las entidades de crédito y de los factores que determinan este suministro de información. Los resultados del trabajo muestran que las memorias sobre sostenibilidad de las entidades analizadas contienen un volumen elevado de información, destacando la relativa a aspectos económicos y sociales. La cotización en el mercado de valores, tipo de entidad y la aplicación del marco de recomendaciones GRI3 son las variables que están más relacionadas con la publicación de información sobre responsabilidad social corporativa. Los hallazgos de la investigación son importantes en el marco de la crisis del sector financiero español.As empresas têm optado por dar a conhecer o seu compromisso com o desenvolvimento econômico sustentável, como resultado da rejeição destas organizações, com comportamentos que violam os direitos humanos, ou causar danos ambientais. Este trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre a divulgação da responsabilidade social apresentados por instituições de crédito. Procuramos identificar os fatores que determinam o fornecimento de informações. Os resultados do estudo mostram que os relatórios sobre sustentabilidade das entidades analisadas contêm um grande volume de informações, em enfatizando os aspectos econômicos e sociais. A listagem na bolsa de valores, tipo de entidade e implementação das GRI3 são as variáveis que estão mais relacionadas com a publicação de informações sobre responsabilidade social corporativa. Os resultados da pesquisa são importantes no contexto de crise "do sector financeiro espanhol

    Committed to Health: Key Factors to Improve Users’ Online Engagement through Facebook

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    Health organizations, continuously exposed to public scrutiny due to the social relevance of the services provided, have adopted social media to disseminate information about health but also about themselves, and thus, reducing uncertainty and improving communication. In this context, users’ participation in social media has become one of the main indicators of their effectiveness, highlighting the importance of analyzing which factors enhance online engagement. This research extends the number of variables identified in prior studies and analyzes 19,817 Facebook posts from 126 health organizations. Using multivariate linear regression, explanatory results show that economic and organizational attributes, and factors related to the social media posts, both contribute significantly to explain the engagement reached in social media by those organizations. According to our findings, health organizations are not taking enough advantage of social media to engage with their current and potential users. The dissemination of relevant information using visually attractive formats could help draw the attention of consumers, both to reach a higher commitment with the organization and to create value for societ
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