Enhancing company’s performance through corporate social responsibility: a comparative study between local and foreign in Malaysia

Since the inception of companies‘ activity in Malaysia the value relevance of disclosing accounting information in relation to corporate social responsibility has been an important topic in accounting research. The purpose of this study is to explore different sort of corporate social responsibility...

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Main Authors: Adamu, Muhammad Sani, Wan Yusoff, Wan Fauziah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5772/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5772/1/5._Sani_adamu.pdf
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Summary:Since the inception of companies‘ activity in Malaysia the value relevance of disclosing accounting information in relation to corporate social responsibility has been an important topic in accounting research. The purpose of this study is to explore different sort of corporate social responsibility activities in Malaysia and to analysis whether the CSR activities contribute to the enhancement of company performance. It will try and reports an explanatory and quantitative study on the characteristic of CSR activities in company‘s financial statement, the study will covers the assessment of top one hundred companies in Malaysia whose names and shares are quoted in the Malaysia stock exchange (Bursa Malaysia).. The data will be collected through the content analysis of publish company‘s annual reports. The data will be interpret and analyst using graphical/regression analysis, to ascertain if inadequate compliance with corporate social responsibility disclosure whether or not will yield to a poor quality of management as well as the nature and quality impact on society in various area. We will also make conclusion on whether the extent of innovative and compliance with CSR framework really improve the performance of the companies. Finally, this research work will provides the basis for an effective corporate social responsibility, and will also serves as reservoirs of knowledge to student agencies government etc. for the development of the country.