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dc.contributor.authorPasko, Oleh
dc.contributor.authorBalla, Inna
dc.contributor.authorLevytska, Inna
dc.contributor.authorSemenyshena, Nataliia
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-23T08:07:57Z
dc.date.available2021-09-23T08:07:57Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-21
dc.identifier.issn1508-2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/39146
dc.description.abstractThe paper explores how companies from Central and Eastern Europe adopt assurance practices to provide accountability for sustainability. Drawing on modified coding rules from prior research, a conventional content analysis of 36 assurance statements companies from nine countries was conducted. The results imply differences in the content of reports, processes, and implementation of the standards.Exclusively large and multinational enterprises from the energy sectors domiciled in Poland and Hungary are a typical portrait of a company from the study’s sample, striving to issue and assure sustainability reporting. Of the nine countries represented in the study, sustainability assurance statements of companies from Poland, Hungary, and Romania tend to excel in terms of quality. The vast majority of assurance providers belong to the Big Four, who use ISAE3000 as opposed to AA1100AS. Yet, irrespective of the assurance provider type, stakeholders are neglected. It is argued that just transferring the experience of financial auditing to the field of sustainability, which, by and large, has taken place, is not an option. Authors state that following this route, we are heading in the wrong direction, and in technical terms, the wider proliferation of AA1100AS and its principles, with greater emphasis on reasonable assurance as opposed to the limited and enhanced role of stakeholders, are vital to get back on track.The paper contributes to the emerging literature on accountability standards and stresses the need to enhance sustainability-related assurance.en
dc.description.abstractArtykuł poddaje analizie działania firm z Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej polegające na audycie służącym zapewnieniu odpowiedzialności za realizację zasad zrównoważonego rozwoju. W oparciu o zmodyfikowane zasady kodowania wykorzystane we wcześniejszych badaniach, przeprowadzono konwencjonalną analizę treści oświadczeń dotyczących wiarygodności z 36 firm pochodzących z dziewięciu krajów. Wyniki wskazują na różnice w treści raportów, procesach i sposobach wdrażania standardów.Wyłącznie duże i wielonarodowe przedsiębiorstwa z sektorów energetycznych z siedzibą w Polsce i na Węgrzech stanowią w badanej próbie typowy przykład firmy dążącej do stworzenia i poddania się audytowi sprawozdawczości dotyczącej zapewnienia zrównoważonego rozwoju. Spośród dziewięciu krajów reprezentowanych w badaniu, oświadczenia dotyczące wiarygodności sprawozdań o zapewnieniu zrównoważonego rozwoju firm pochodzących z Polski, Węgier i Rumunii wyróżniają się pod względem jakości. Zdecydowana większość firm audytujących należy do Wielkiej Czwórki, która wykorzystuje ISAE3000 a nie AA1100AS. Jednak niezależnie od typu podmiotu audytującego, interesariusze są zaniedbywani. Argumentuje się, że zwykłe przeniesienie doświadczeń z audytu finansowego do dziedziny zrównoważonego rozwoju, co w zasadzie już nastąpiło, nie jest dobrym rozwiązaniem. Autorzy twierdzą, że podążając tą drogą, podążamy w złym kierunku, a pod względem technicznym, szersze rozpowszechnienie AA1100AS i jego zasad, z większym naciskiem na uzyskanie wysokiej jakości oceny, a nie ograniczanie i zwiększanie roli interesariuszy, jest niezbędne aby wrócić na właściwą drogę.Artykuł stanowi wkład do powstającej literatury na temat standardów odpowiedzialności i podkreśla potrzebę zwiększenia jakości audytu w obszarze zapewnienia zrównoważonego rozwoju.pl
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegopl
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe;3pl
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectsustainability reportingen
dc.subjectassurance statementen
dc.subjectGRIen
dc.subjectcorporate social responsibilityen
dc.subjectreportingen
dc.subjectauditingen
dc.subjectraportowanie zrównoważonego rozwojupl
dc.subjectoświadczenie dotyczące wiarygodnościpl
dc.subjectGRIpl
dc.subjectspołeczna odpowiedzialność biznesupl
dc.subjectraportowaniepl
dc.subjectaudytpl
dc.titleAccountability on Sustainability in Central and Eastern Europe: An Empirical Assessment of Sustainability-Related Assuranceen
dc.title.alternativeOdpowiedzialność w zakresie zrównoważonego rozwoju w Europie Środkowej i Wschodniej: empiryczna ocena audytu zrównoważonego rozwojupl
dc.typeArticle
dc.page.number27-52
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationPasko, Oleh - Ph.D., Assoc. Prof., Sumy National Agrarian University, Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Accounting and Taxation, Sumy, Ukraineen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationBalla, Inna - Ph.D., Assistant professor, State Agrarian and Engineering University in Podilya, Faculty of Economics, Department of Accounting, Taxation and E-business, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraineen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationLevytska, Inna - Doctor of Economic Sciences, Full Professor, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Educational and Scientific Institute of Continuing Education and Tourism, Department of Agricultural Consulting and Tourism, Kyiv, Ukraineen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationSemenyshena, Nataliia - Ph.D., Assoc. Prof., State Agrarian and Engineering University in Podilya, Faculty of Economics, Department of Accounting, Taxation and E‑business, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine; Doctoral candidate; Ternopil National Economic University, Department of Accounting and Taxation, Ternopil, Ukraineen
dc.identifier.eissn2082-6737
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dc.contributor.authorEmailPasko, Oleh - oleh.pasko@snau.edu.ua
dc.contributor.authorEmailBalla, Inna - inna.vbm@gmail.com
dc.contributor.authorEmailLevytska, Inna - ilevytska@nubip.edu.ua
dc.contributor.authorEmailSemenyshena, Nataliia - natviksem@gmail.com
dc.identifier.doi10.18778/1508-2008.24.20
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