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HIV/Aids reporting in annual financial statements in South Africa
Dissertation (MCom (Accounting Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25315 HIV/Aids reporting in annual financial statements in South Africa Koornhof, Carolina, 1959- rudrik.dubruyn@up.ac.za Du Bruyn, Rudrik No key words available UCTD Dissertation (MCom (Accounting Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2005. HIV/Aids is one of the largest risks facing Africa today. The disease has spread at a rapid rate throughout the continent and South Africa in particular. To date it remains an epidemic without any cure. It is systematically destroying the economic progress made over centuries. HIV/Aids is most prevalent in the economically active groups in South African society and could ultimately change the demographic, social and economic landscape in South Africa. Business is taking up the challenge and response strategies are being developed and implemented to contain and mitigate the risks posed by the disease. Stakeholders have a direct interest in being kept informed on both the risks and the responses to the disease. As such, information pertaining to HIV/Aids should be disclosed in the annual report of a company, and such information should be useful, relevant, reliable and comparable. HIV/Aids disclosure is currently voluntary and adheres to the characteristics of social accounting. Social accounting aims to inform beyond the traditional financial aspects and is increasing as stakeholders demand more information from reporting entities for decision-making purposes. In South Africa, a number of developments have increased the prominence of voluntary HIV/Aids disclosure in annual reports. These include the Second King Report on Corporate Governance, the Global Reporting Initiative’s proposals for HIV/Aids disclosure in South Africa and a joint disclosure project between the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and the JSE Securities Exchange. This study investigates current practices related to HIV/Aids disclosure in an attempt to develop a framework for future disclosure practices through thematic content analysis. The study covered a six-year period from 1998 to 2003. The annual reports of all listed South African companies on the JSE Securities Exchange were investigated for that period. The study found that there was an increase in disclosure related to HIV/Aids over the period under review, but that by the end of 2003, still fewer than half of all JSE-listed companies disclosed HIV/Aids information. An upward trend in disclosure was identified, and it is expected that the number of reporting entities will continue to increase. The information disclosed varied considerably between the disclosing entities. This dilutes the usefulness and comparability of HIV/Aids information for stakeholders. Valuable information was obtained as to preferential themes and data related to HIV/Aids that are disclosed voluntarily in annual reports. The study concludes with a recommended framework based on the literature review and the results of the empirical study. The framework proposes minimum disclosure content focusing on two main risks, namely the risk to employees and the South African community and the associated responses by the company. The framework also proposes the disclosure of current and future costs and losses related to HIV/Aids, where such information exists. The proposed framework aims to find a balance between the normative and the descriptive in HIV/Aids disclosure, and proposes that fewer issues be disclosed, thereby focusing on specific issues that will enable consistency and comparability in HIV/Aids disclosure practices. Accounting unrestricted 2013-09-06T20:37:43Z 2006-01-26 2013-09-06T20:37:43Z 2005-10-09 2005 2006-01-26 Dissertation Du Bruyn, R 2005, HIV/Aids reporting in annual financial statements in South Africa, MCom dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25315 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25315 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01262006-112342/ © 2005, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | No key words available UCTD HIV/Aids reporting in annual financial statements in South Africa |
| title | HIV/Aids reporting in annual financial statements in South Africa |
| title_full | HIV/Aids reporting in annual financial statements in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | HIV/Aids reporting in annual financial statements in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | HIV/Aids reporting in annual financial statements in South Africa |
| title_short | HIV/Aids reporting in annual financial statements in South Africa |
| title_sort | hiv aids reporting in annual financial statements in south africa |
| topic | No key words available UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25315 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01262006-112342/ |