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The influence of corporate governance characteristics on the readability of corporate social responsibility reports written in Spanish language

Authors: Mónica Cervantes Sintas; María Sacristán-Navarro; Irma Martínez-García; María-Sonia Medina-Salgado;

The influence of corporate governance characteristics on the readability of corporate social responsibility reports written in Spanish language

Abstract

As it is the board of directors which is responsible for non-financial information, this article analyses the influence of several characteristics of boards of directors (board size, the proportion of independent directors and the proportion of female directors) on the readability of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports written in Spanish. It also considers the effect on CSR readability of the hard regulation (law 18/2017 of 24 November 2017) of non-financial information in Spain and the type of reports used (Integrated Reports vs. Management Reports, Annual Reports, Sustainability or CSR reports). The study was carried out on 235 observations of CSR sustainability reports of Spanish listed companies from 2015 to 2019 using the Fernandez-Huerta Formula for Spanish language readability. Findings suggest that board of directors’ characteristics affect CSR report readability. The proportion of independent directors negatively affects the readability index, while the proportion of women on boards affects it positively. Moreover, readability is unaffected when disclosure of non-financial information is required by law, but it is positively affected when CSR issues are presented in an integrated report. The existence of a CSR committee negatively affects the readability index. Dado que el consejo de administración es el responsable de la información no financiera de la empresa, este artículo analiza la influencia de varias características del consejo de administración (tamaño del consejo, proporción de consejeros independientes y proporción de mujeres consejeras) en la legibilidad de los informes de responsabilidad social (RSC) escritos en español. También considera el efecto del Real Decreto-ley 18/2017, de 24 de noviembre sobre información no-financiera, así como del tipo de informe utilizado por la empresa (informes integrados vs informes de gestión, informes anuales, informes de sostenibilidad o de RSC). El estudio se llevó a cabo con 235 informes de RSC de empresas cotizadas españolas desde 2015 a 2019, utilizando la fórmula de Fernández-Huerta para analizar la legibilidad de la información en español. Los resultados indican que las características del consejo de administración afectan a la legibilidad de los informes de RSC. La proporción de consejeros independientes afecta de forma negativa al índice de legibilidad, mientras que la proporción de mujeres en el consejo afecta de forma positiva. Además, la legibilidad no se ve afectada cuando la publicación de la información no financiera es requerida por ley, pero mejora cuando los informes de RSC se elaboran siguiendo el modelo de los informes integrados. Por otra parte, la existencia de comités de RSC afecta negativamente al índice de legibilidad.

Keywords

Características del consejo, Diversidad de género, CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::65 - Gestión y organización. Administración y dirección de empresas. Publicidad. Relaciones públicas. Medios de comunicación de masas, Board characteristics, Legibilidad, CSR reports, Informes de RSC, Readability, Gender diversity

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