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Hide-and-Seek in Corporate Disclosure: Evidence from Negative Corporate Incidents

Rudkin, Bradley; Kimani, Danson; Ullah, Subhan; Ahmed, Rizwan; Farooq, Syed

Authors

Bradley Rudkin

Danson Kimani

Subhan Ullah

Rizwan Ahmed

Syed Farooq



Abstract

Purpose: This paper scrutinizes the legitimacy tactics employed in the annual reports of UK listed companies after their major corporate scandals.

Design/methodology/approach: For a sample consisted of 19 companies that are involved in corporate scandals, the content analysis approach was used to comprehend how corporate disclosure is used as an intermediary to rationalize corporate actions subsequent to corporate scandals.

Findings: The findings reveal that firms use a wide range of legitimisation strategies in the manner that contribute to shape disclosure communications concerning negative incidents. We discovered that disclosure blur is used by the firms in times when there is an urge intended to create management by the firms for its stakeholders. For instance, some firms may offset the negativity linked to an incident by rendering such explanations amidst positive information.

Originality/value: Contrary to earlier studies conducted on accounting scandals, we incorporated extensive corporate scandals such as human rights violations, controversies pertinent to child labour, environmental scandals, corruption, financial embezzlement, and tax evasion.

Citation

Rudkin, B., Kimani, D., Ullah, S., Ahmed, R., & Farooq, S. (2019). Hide-and-Seek in Corporate Disclosure: Evidence from Negative Corporate Incidents. Corporate governance, 19(1), 158-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-05-2018-0164

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 22, 2018
Online Publication Date Feb 4, 2019
Publication Date Feb 4, 2019
Deposit Date Aug 26, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Corporate Governance
Print ISSN 0964-8410
Electronic ISSN 1467-8683
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 19
Issue 1
Pages 158-175
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-05-2018-0164
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1001253
Publisher URL https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/CG-05-2018-0164/full/html
Additional Information This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in Corporate governance, 2018. The version of record is available at the DOI link in this record.

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