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Finns det en koppling mellan Earnings management i finansiella rapporter och textkvaliteten i CSR-rapporter?
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism.
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Företag rapporterar idag i allt högre grad sitt arbete med så kallad Corporate social responsibility (CSR). Anledningen till att företag väljer att dela denna typ av information kan dock ha delvis andra orsaker än enbart informationsskäl. Det finns flera fördelar för företag att försöka framstå som mer ansvarstagande än vad de är. Den forskning som finns inom områdetvisar till exempel att CSR-rapportering kan användas som en sköld mot resultatmanipulering och s.k. eventuella negativa effekter av Earnings management. Det gör det intressant att studera om det finns ett samband mellan Earnings management i finansiella rapporter och skönmålningar av CSR-rapporter.Tidigare forskning har använt textkvalitet som en indikator på om CSR-rapporter är manipulerade. Låg textkvalitet i bemärkelsen komplex text, få framtidsord och mycket positiva ord anses vara tecken på manipulation. Denna studie kommer därför att studera relationen mellan Earnings management och CSR-rapporters textkvalitet. Dessa variabler påverkasdessutom av den kontext i termer av samkoordinerade respektive liberala marknader som företag verkar inom, vilket gör att även detta undersöks.Data hämtades från företags rapporter, T-tester samt multipla regressioner utfördes. Det gick dock inte att påvisa några entydiga skillnader eller samband. Studien gav motsägelsefulla resultat vid jämförelsen av textkvalitet i olika ekonomier då enbart det ena textkvalitetsmåttet, läsbarhet blev signifikant. Det är också det enda textkvalitetsmåttet som hade en signifikantkoppling till Earnings management i regressionsanalyserna. Studiens resultat väcker därmed frågor kring de mått som används för att mäta textkvalitet i CSR-rapporter. Redan i tidigare studier har det framgått att forskare har tolkat dessa mått på olika sätt. I denna studie visar det sig åter att dessa mått inte är kompatibla med varandra. Ett förslag på fortsatt forskning är därföratt utveckla dessa textkvalitetsmått för att skapa ett nytt sätt att mäta textkvalitet.

Abstract [en]

Companies are increasingly reporting their work with corporate social responsibility (CSR). The reason why companies choose to share this type of information may, however, have partly other reasons than just information purposes. There are several advantages for companies to try to appear more responsible than they are. The research that is available in the area shows, for example, that CSR reporting can be used as a shield against performance manipulation and so called possible negative effects of Earning's management. It makes it interesting to study whether there is a connection between Earning's management in financial reports and manipulation of CSR reports.Previous research has used text quality as an indicator of whether CSR reports are manipulated. Low text quality in the sense of complex text, few future words and very positive words are considered to be signs of manipulation. This study will therefore study the relationship betweenEarning's management and the text quality of CSR reports. These variables are also affected by the context in terms of co-coordinated and liberal markets in which companies operate, which means that this is also being investigated. Data was retrieved from corporate reports, T-tests and multiple regressions were performed.However, it was not possible to demonstrate any clear differences or relationships. The study gave contradictory results when comparing text quality in different economies, since only one text quality measure, readability became significant. It is also the only text quality measure that had a significant connection to Earning's management in the regression analyzes. The result of the study thus raises questions about the measures used to measure text quality in CSR reports. Already in previous studies it has become clear that researchers have interpreted these measures in different ways. In this study, it again turns out that these measures are not compatible with each other. A proposal for further research is therefore to develop these text quality measures to create a new way of measuring text quality.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 58
Keywords [en]
CSR reporting, Earnings management, text quality, economies
Keywords [sv]
CSR-rapportering, Earnings management, textkvalitet, ekonomier
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-36282OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-36282DiVA, id: diva2:1323610
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Business Administration FE1
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Master i Företagsekonomi: Redovisning och revision SFRAA 120 AV
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Available from: 2019-06-12 Created: 2019-06-12 Last updated: 2019-06-12Bibliographically approved

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