In this study, we examine three potential explanations for the corporate choice to disclose environmental capital spending amounts. We investigate, first, whether the disclosure appears to be a function of the materiality of the spending and we find that, for the overwhelming majority of...

This study uses Goffman's self-presentation theory to examine corporate website environmental disclosures from an organizational legitimacy perspective. We argue that corporations use Internet environmental disclosure to project a more socially acceptable environmental management approach to...

Despite the growth in electronic commerce (hereafter, “e-commerce”) usage, consumers are still reluctant to purchase online due to security and privacy concerns. To alleviate this issue, e-commerce vendors may sign up with an independent third-party web assurance service to obtain a seal...

We investigate different language techniques used in corporate environmental disclosures and test whether the impression management (see Neu et al., 1998) hypothesis holds when disclosures are measured as such. We argue that the way information is presented (i.e., the language and verbal tone of...

Le présent article s'intéresse à la divulgation d'informations environnementales et s'appuie sur la théorie des coûts d'information et la théorie de la légitimité. Le but de l'étude est double : évaluer l'ampleur de la divulgation environnementale par Internet et; analyser les...

Notre étude s'intéresse à la relation entre les octrois d'options sur actions et la performance organisationnelle de l'entreprise. Notre premier objectif est d'évaluer dans quelle mesure l'ampleur des octrois d'options d'achat d'actions est influencée par la performance organisationnelle ....

Corporations increasingly define their social and environmental initiatives and activities as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Disclosure practices have followed suit as well with social and environmental information typically being combined, often through a CSR report. The...