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An analysis of the trends in integrated reporting by South African government-owned enterprises.

dc.contributor.advisorVanker, Salma.
dc.contributor.authorOmarjee, Ayesha.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-10T12:41:41Z
dc.date.available2024-06-10T12:41:41Z
dc.date.created2023
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionMasters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.
dc.description.abstractIn recent times, government-owned enterprises have faced a deficit in terms of accountability. Addressing this issue, there has been a call for an oversight mechanism to enhance governance and consequently, accountability within state-owned companies (IOD and PWC, 2011). Integrated reporting has emerged as a response to this demand, primarily due to its capacity to offer a comprehensive perspective on the factors that contribute to value creation for an organisation over different time frames. Recognising the advantages that integrated reporting brings to corporate governance, South African government-owned enterprises have acknowledged its potential and subsequently incorporated integrated reporting in accordance with King IV principles and the IR Framework. The objective of this research is to analyse the patterns in integrated reporting among government-owned enterprises according to The Public Finance Management Act of 1999, focusing on the financial periods of 2018, 2019, and 2020. This study assesses the depth of information disclosed by government-owned enterprises and its alignment with the suggestions and criteria set forth by the King IV guidelines and IR Framework for integrated reporting. This evaluation utilizes a scorecard methodology to gauge the degree of disclosure achieved by each individual government-owned enterprise. Based on the empirical facts from the analysis, it is clear and conclusive that the level of reporting and disclosure of government-owned enterprises has improved consistently over the years. This assertion is based on the evident adoption and the upward trend in the application of the Integrated Reporting Framework for integrated reporting by government-owned enterprises. Whilst the overall average level of disclosure is good, there is without debate a necessity for improvement in some critical areas highlighted in this research . Notable among these areas are leadership, governance, stakeholder relationships, organizational ethics, and corporate citizenship.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.29086/10413/23060
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10413/23060
dc.language.isoen
dc.subject.otherIR outline.
dc.subject.otherAccountability.
dc.subject.otherCohesive reporting.
dc.subject.otherNon-financial data.
dc.subject.otherGovernment-owned initiatives.
dc.titleAn analysis of the trends in integrated reporting by South African government-owned enterprises.
dc.typeThesis
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