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How do powerful CEOs view corporate social responsibility (CSR)? An empirical note
Jiraporn, P.; Chintrakarn, P. - In: Economics Letters 119 (2013) 3, pp. 344-347
We explore how powerful CEOs view investments in corporate social responsibility (CSR). The agency view suggests that … CEOs invest in CSR to enhance their own private benefits. On the contrary, the conflict resolution view argues that CSR … measure CEO power, we show that the association between CEO power and CSR is non-monotonic. When the CEO is relatively less …
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Corporate social disclosure to stakeholders and its effect on firm performance: the case of some African emergent countries
Guidara, Achraf; Othman, Hakim Ben - In: International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 4 (2012) 3, pp. 258-271
This work is aimed at examining the effect of corporate social disclosure of African companies to the stakeholders on firm performance. In this respect, some annual reports of 103 African companies have been analysed, using a coding instrument inspired from the work of Wiseman (1982) as well as...
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Buddhist economics meets corporate social responsibility
Prayukvong, Wanna; Foster, M. John - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 8 (2014) 2, pp. 175-192
The standard neo-classical economic paradigm is the setting for most modern businesses. The underlying premises of this paradigm are not always in tune with the imperatives of the kind of corporate social responsibility agenda which businesses now face. This dissonance is rooted in an underlying...
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Leveraging brand value through corporate responsibility
Pakseresht, Ashkan; Mark-Herbert, Cecilia - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 3, pp. 281-297
Measurements of corporate values are associated with a number of challenges. The needs for making measurements relate to making strategic decisions for internal and external stakeholders. Traditionally, these estimates of, for example, brand value, have been expressed purely in terms of...
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The Impact of Corporate Social Performance on Financial Risk and Utility: A Longitudinal Analysis
Oikonomou, Ioannis; Pavelin, Stephen - Henley Business School, University of Reading - 2010
This study focuses on the wealth-protective effects of socially responsible firm behaviour by examining the association between corporate social performance (CSP) and financial risk for an extensive panel data sample of S&P 500 companies between the years 1992 and 2009. In addition, the link...
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Oil spills: are corporations responsible for protecting the environment? USA and Africa
Wrigley, Eric - In: African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 3 (2014) 3, pp. 237-253
The purpose of this paper is to answer the following question: are corporations responsible for protecting the environment? In order to answer this question, this paper addresses the following topics: major oil spills, corporate social responsibility, corporate social irresponsibility,...
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Managing risk to reputation a model to monitor the key drivers. A key to long term solvency for insurance and reinsurance companies
Louisot, Jean-Paul; Girardet, Christophe - In: International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance 4 (2012) 1, pp. 4-47
, classified in three categories: 1) intentions: vision/promises to partners, CSR profile and human capital; 2) actions: leadership …
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The Effects of Corporate and Country Sustainability Characteristics on the Cost of Debt: An International Investigation
Hoepner, Andreas; Oikonomou, Ioannis; Scholtens, Bert; … - Henley Business School, University of Reading - 2014
We investigate the relationship between corporate and country sustainability on the cost of bank loans. We look into 470 loan agreements signed between 2005 and 2012 with borrowers based on 28 different countries across the world and operating in all major industries. Our principal findings...
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THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) ON COMPANIES’ COMPETITIVENESS – PROPOSED RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
Flak, Olaf; Pyszka, Adrian - In: Equilibrium 6 (2011) 4, pp. 39-52
classic concept of competitiveness and a new business model created out of CSR-focused management seen from the perspective of … approach to CSR and a way of exploring and testing hypotheses concerning the impact on enterprises’ competitiveness. In the … final section attention is paid to the pitfalls connected with implementing CSR. …
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Social Values and Sustainability: A Survey on Drivers, Barriers and Benefits of SA8000 Certification in Italian Firms
Merli, Roberto; Preziosi, Michele; Massa, Ilaria - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 4120-4130
Responsibility (CSR) practices. Among the different CSR aspects, workers securities fulfill a necessary issue. SA8000 is an …
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