It is not uncommon for advertisers to present required product disclaimers quickly at the end of advertisements. We show that fast disclaimers greatly reduce consumer comprehension of product risks and benefits, creating implications for social responsibility. In addition, across two studies, we...

The Corporate Social Performance (CSP) model (Wood, Acad Manag Rev 164:691–718, <CitationRef CitationID="CR150">1991</CitationRef>) assesses a firm’s social responsibility at three levels of analysis—institutional, organizational and individual—and measures the resulting social outcomes. In this paper, we focus on the individual...</citationref>

In this paper, we seek to answer two questions: (1) what does boardroom diversity stand for in the strategic management literature? And, (2) is there a significant relationship between boardroom diversity and corporate social performance. We first clarify the boardroom diversity concept,...

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate education supported corporate social responsibility campaigns from customers’ point of view. Within this scope, corporate social responsibility notion has been explained and especially education based social responsibility campaigns have been...

This study uses primary research methods to determine whether a corporate social performance (CSP)–corporate financial performance (CFP) relationship exists within the Canadian context through examination of publicly-traded Canadian-based companies.The empirical findings demonstrate a positive...

Performance of corporations, under the stakeholder approach, is not measured in financial terms only; modern corporations have significant responsibilities beyond those to their shareholders. A value-laden concept such as sustainable construction, which emerges from a multi-stakeholder...

Firms typically present a mixed picture of corporate social performance (CSP), with positive and negative indicators exhibited by the same firm. Thus, stakeholders’ judgements of corporate social responsibility (CSR) typically evaluate positives in the context of negatives, and vice versa. We...

This is an empirical study about the growth and development of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility in India. An attempt has been made to see how the culture and tradition of charity as well as corporate philanthropy in India has undergone changes over a period of time. It also...

Purpose – In order to fulfill the Shari'ah objective of promoting the welfare of society, institutions offering Islamic financial services (IIFS) are expected to consciously align their decisions and actions so that they are “socially responsible”. An integral policy approach towards...