“…CGR has become very complex for multinational companies, as it involves statutory compliance with multiple rules and laws, coping with heterogeneous "Systems of CG" (Tylecote andVisintin, 2007, Weimer, 1999) and additionally the compilation of codes (Cadbury, 1993) and industry-specific standards (Mach et al, 2006;Bebchuk and Spamann, 2010,). XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) has developed to a recognized standard for interactive corporate reporting (Chen, 2009, Matherne andCoffin, 2001;Debreceny et al, 2010;Felden, 2011;Alles and Debreceny, 2012). The application of XBRL to the non-financial reporting of CG can also be attributed to enhanced transparency.…”