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Tilling, M. V. (2004). Company Characteristics and Occupational Health and Safety Disclosures: A quantitative review of Australian annual reports. 4th Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference.
Abstract
This paper uses binary logistic regression to develop two models of firms’ Occupational Health and Safety disclosures, one based on disclosure / non-disclosure, the other based on above / below the median levels of disclosure. Industry and auditor are found to be important components of both models, whilst operating revenue contributes to the former and company age to the latter. These findings support to some extent previous studies into Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure, but also identify new factors that need to be further investigated. The paper contributes to our current understanding of Corporate Social Disclosure through its focus on the little considered area of Occupational Health and Safety and also raising the possibility of non-parametric statistics as a better statistical methodology for such research.
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