Gender disclosure: the impact of peer behaviour and the firm's equality policies

[EN] Gender equality is the future towards which society and companies have to move, and it is thus essential to know what efforts organisations are making. In this paper, we analyse the transparency of multinationals in matters of gender, in accordance with the requirements determined by the global...

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Autores: García Sánchez, Isabel María, Minutiello, Valentina, Tettamanzi, Patrizia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/163617
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/163617
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gender diversity
Sustainable development
Stakeholder engagement
Peer disclosure
Peer effects, disclosure
2502 Climatología
5311.02 Gestión Financiera
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Sumario:[EN] Gender equality is the future towards which society and companies have to move, and it is thus essential to know what efforts organisations are making. In this paper, we analyse the transparency of multinationals in matters of gender, in accordance with the requirements determined by the global reporting initiative (GRI) and United Nations (UN). The results suggest that higher levels of gender equality support the decision to report all GRI+UN indicators, a decision that has been maintained over time and is not moderated by peer disclosure. This behaviour facilitates the inclusion of companies in different reputation lists as a consequence of a greater commitment to gender equality, although these rankings also assess the completeness of the information when considering the disclosure of the GRI+UN indicators. The effect differs according to the practices of peer firms.