COMMITMENT TO ETHICS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

COMMITMENT TO ETHICS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

The lack of ethical transparency signals that Malaysian companies suffer from unethical practices that can impact company value thus raises the concern of information asymmetry and effective monitoring mechanisms. Drawing from the agency theory, this study examines the relationship between compan...

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Main Author: AHMAD FIRDHAUZ BIN ZAINUL ABIDIN
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spelling my-umt-ir.-160112022-01-19T07:59:00Z COMMITMENT TO ETHICS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AHMAD FIRDHAUZ BIN ZAINUL ABIDIN The lack of ethical transparency signals that Malaysian companies suffer from unethical practices that can impact company value thus raises the concern of information asymmetry and effective monitoring mechanisms. Drawing from the agency theory, this study examines the relationship between companies’ ethical commitment disclosure proxied by ethical commitment index (ECI), and financial performance (ROA, ROE, EPS, MVA, PE-ratio, and logTOBINq) among Malaysian publicly listed companies. The introduction of the Malaysian Code of Institutional Investors (MCII) motivated this study to examine the moderating role of institutional investors on the relationship between ethical commitment disclosure and financial performance among Malaysian publicly listed companies. This study developed the ECI based on prior literature and the recommendations of the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (MCCG). The content analysis of the annual reports of 1115 companies found a slight increment in the level of ECI. However, poor disclosures on implementation of a code of ethics, whistleblowing, disciplinary actions, and ethics committee. Panel data analyses of 1115 companies on Bursa Malaysia from year 2012 to 2016 found that higher ECI is associated with higher company performance. Institutional investors as the moderator weakens the relationship between ECI and performance. Further analyses found that pressure-sensitive investors do not influence the relationship between ECI and performance. UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU 2020 Thesis en http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/handle/123456789/16011 http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/16011/1/Abstract.pdf 5c994fbcf0a633fce72c87f3b15614ca http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/16011/2/Full%20Thesis%20-%20AHMAD%20FIRDHAUZ%20ZAINUL%20ABIDIN.pdf ba858b8ebe15de0ffb7237e7b0ed4c5f http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/16011/3/license.txt 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33
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description The lack of ethical transparency signals that Malaysian companies suffer from unethical practices that can impact company value thus raises the concern of information asymmetry and effective monitoring mechanisms. Drawing from the agency theory, this study examines the relationship between companies’ ethical commitment disclosure proxied by ethical commitment index (ECI), and financial performance (ROA, ROE, EPS, MVA, PE-ratio, and logTOBINq) among Malaysian publicly listed companies. The introduction of the Malaysian Code of Institutional Investors (MCII) motivated this study to examine the moderating role of institutional investors on the relationship between ethical commitment disclosure and financial performance among Malaysian publicly listed companies. This study developed the ECI based on prior literature and the recommendations of the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (MCCG). The content analysis of the annual reports of 1115 companies found a slight increment in the level of ECI. However, poor disclosures on implementation of a code of ethics, whistleblowing, disciplinary actions, and ethics committee. Panel data analyses of 1115 companies on Bursa Malaysia from year 2012 to 2016 found that higher ECI is associated with higher company performance. Institutional investors as the moderator weakens the relationship between ECI and performance. Further analyses found that pressure-sensitive investors do not influence the relationship between ECI and performance.
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COMMITMENT TO ETHICS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
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title COMMITMENT TO ETHICS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
title_short COMMITMENT TO ETHICS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
title_full COMMITMENT TO ETHICS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
title_fullStr COMMITMENT TO ETHICS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
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