Open Journal of Business and Management, 2018, 6, 733-748
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DOI: 10.4236/ojbm.2018.63056 Jul. 25, 2018 733 Open Journal of Business and Management
Insights the Practice of Integrated Reporting: A
Study on MNCs in Bangladesh on the Degree of
Adherence to the Reporting Framework
Ranjita Islam
1
, Mohammad Rakibul Islam
2
1
Accounting, Faculty of Business Studies, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2
Accounting, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh
Abstract
Integrated Reporting (IR) stands for organizational reporting which is pre-
pared for public disclosure and includes both financial and important
non-financial information. Existing financial reporting standards are inade-
quate to address issues like the importance of intangible assets, corporate im-
pacts on the environment, human health, societal conditions and corporate
influence on the political process. Thus, the concept of IR emerged to deal
with these issues that affect corporate success. The traditional reporting model
focuses on a relatively narrow account of historical financial performance of
the value-creation process. Keeping this in mind, the International Integrated
Reporting Council (IIRC) has developed an International Integrated Report-
ing Framework, the core objective of which is to guide organizations in com-
municating the broad set of information needed by investors and other
stakeholders to assess the organization’s long-term prospects in a clear, con-
cise, connected and comparable format. The IIRC shares the view that the
evolution of corporate reporting should be led by the communication of value
creation by the corporate entities. This paper focuses on the degree of disclo-
sure of Integrated Reporting requirements by the top eleven multinational
companies of Bangladesh as per market capitalization. Using annual report
content analysis, the findings show that the companies have lately started pro-
viding non-financial information regarding environment, society and gover-
nance along with financial figures. But it is prominent that they are still pro-
viding these information in disconnected strands and as a part of Corporate
Governance or CSR disclosures instead of linking these to financial informa-
tion and providing it as an integrated report.
How to cite this paper: Islam, R. and
Islam, M.R. (2018) Insights the Practice of
Integrated Reporting: A Study on MNCs in
Bangladesh on the Degree of Adherence to
the Reporting Framework. Open Journal of
Business and Management, 6, 733-748.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2018.63056
Received: May 17, 2018
Accepted: July 22, 2018
Published: July 25, 2018
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