The concepts of risk and risk management have received considerable attention lately, but this has yet to be reflected in
empirical research examining firms’ risk reporting practices. This study seeks to address this gap in the literature and
explores risk disclosures within a sample of 79 UK company annual reports using content analysis. A significant
association is found between the number of risk disclosures and company size. Similarly a significant association is found
between the number of risk disclosures and level of environmental risk as measured by Innovest EcoValue‘21TM Ratings.
However, no association is found between the number of risk disclosures and five other measures of risk: gearing ratio,
asset cover, quiscore, book to market value of equity and beta factor. The paper also discusses the nature of the risk
disclosures made by the sample companies specifically examining their time orientation, whether they are monetarily
quantified and if good or bad risk news is disclosed. It was uncommon to find monetary assessments of risk information,
but companies did exhibit a willingness to disclose forward-looking risk information. Overall the dominance of statements
of general risk management policy and a lack of coherence in the risk narratives implies that a risk information gap exists
and consequently stakeholders are unable to adequately assess the risk profile of a company.
The concepts of risk and risk management have received considerable attention lately, but this has yet to be reflected inempirical research examining firms’ risk reporting practices. This study seeks to address this gap in the literature andexplores risk disclosures within a sample of 79 UK company annual reports using content analysis. A significantassociation is found between the number of risk disclosures and company size. Similarly a significant association is foundbetween the number of risk disclosures and level of environmental risk as measured by Innovest EcoValue‘21TM Ratings.However, no association is found between the number of risk disclosures and five other measures of risk: gearing ratio,asset cover, quiscore, book to market value of equity and beta factor. The paper also discusses the nature of the riskdisclosures made by the sample companies specifically examining their time orientation, whether they are monetarilyquantified and if good or bad risk news is disclosed. It was uncommon to find monetary assessments of risk information,but companies did exhibit a willingness to disclose forward-looking risk information. Overall the dominance of statementsof general risk management policy and a lack of coherence in the risk narratives implies that a risk information gap existsand consequently stakeholders are unable to adequately assess the risk profile of a company.
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