CORPORATE ETHICAL REPORTING AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE EMERGING MARKET
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Daramola Sunday Peter, Olubukola Ranti Uwuigbe 
, Uwalomwa Uwuigbe , Jinadu Olugbenga, Adegbola Otekunrin
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Abstract
This paper examines the degree of comprehensiveness of ethical reporting in annual reports of listed firms in Nigeria. It also looks at the relationship between the extent of corporate ethical reporting and financial performance of the listed firms. In addition, it examines the impact of corporate governance on the financial performance of the listed firms. The study utilises the corporate annual reports for the period 2010-2014 as our main source of secondary data, while the content analysis technique is used to elicit data from the corporate annual report. In testing the research hypotheses, the study adopts the use of descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and panel least square regression method to analyse the degree of comprehensiveness and the relationship between corporate ethical reporting and financial performance of the listed firms. Findings from the study show that there is lack of comprehensiveness of corporate ethical reporting in the selected industries. In addition, the study observed that a significant relationship exists between corporate ethical reporting and financial performance. Also, the study observed that the relationship between corporate governance and financial performance is not significant. The study recommends the need for a stand-alone report for corporate ethical issues in annual reports of companies in Nigeria.
Keywords: Board Size, Corporate Ethical Reporting, Corporate Governance, Ethical Issues, Financial Performance
Received: 20.05.2016
Accepted: 28.08.2017
How to cite this paper: Uwuigbe, U., Olugbenga, J., Uwuigbe, O.R., Peters, D.S., & Otekunrin, A. (2017). Corporate ethical reporting and financial performance: Evidence from the emerging market. Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, 7(4), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.22495/rgc7i4art2
