Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure in Emerging Securities Markets: China as a Case Study
Lin, Li Wen
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Title
Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure in Emerging Securities Markets: China as a Case Study
Author(s)
Lin, Li Wen
Issue Date
2008
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Cynthia A. Williams
Department of Study
Law
Discipline
Law
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
J.S.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Business Administration, Management
Language
eng
Abstract
Corporate social and environmental disclosure (CSE disclosure) has been increasing greatly in developed markets since 1990s. Accordingly, most of the relevant literature focuses on the development of CSE disclosure in developed markets; little attention has been paid to emerging markets. CSE disclosure in fact may have important implications for constructing healthy emerging markets. International organizations and some emerging markets recently have launched initiatives to promote CSE disclosure. But CSE disclosure is not a measure that can be adopted by a securities market without considering the legal, social and economic underpinnings. CSE disclosure involves a wide range of questions, including how the people and the government in a given society think of corporate social responsibility (CSR); what mechanisms are available in a given society to shape the CSR movement; how the corporate governance structure in a given society deals with the relationships among its constituents (shareholders and other stakeholders); how the socially responsible investing in a given market develops; whether the legal system is capable to enforce law; and so on. The feasibility of a CSE disclosure approach in an emerging market depends on the institutional environments of the market. Considered the institutional differences between developed markets and emerging markets and as well between emerging markets themselves, this article gives an overview of the CSE disclosure development in emerging markets, and particularly takes China as a case study to tangibly examine the institutional factors.
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