Purpose – This paper offers a preliminary exploration of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues being addressed and reported by some of the UK's leading construction companies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with a short discussion of the characteristics and origins...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is test whether what property companies say they do with respect to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in general and the environment in particular has an impact on corporate value as expressed by their return on assets (ROA). Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how corporate environmental reputation (CER) affects the association between current annual stock returns and current and future annual earnings. In particular, it seeks to examine the potential usefulness of CER to investors in predicting...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual comparative framework measuring the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the UK conference sector. Design/methodology/approach – A self‐administered internet‐based survey was conducted to examine the...

Purpose – This paper aims to offer a preliminary case study exploration of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues being addressed and reported by the UK's top ten pub operators. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with a short discussion of the characteristics and...

Purpose – The corporate social responsibility (CSR) debate has developed tremendously over decades. However, while CSR communication has developed significantly, web‐accessibility of CSR communications is under researched. The purpose of this paper is to examine how firms make their CSR...

Purpose – To explore the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the UK National Health Service (NHS) and to examine how it may be developed to positively influence the psyche, behaviour and performance of NHS managers. Design/methodology/approach – Primary research based...

Purpose – Corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate governance (CG) and socially responsible investment (SRI) are now established terms among most large corporations, particularly in the field of investment. The aim of this paper is to explore the issue of social responsibility (SR) in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a preliminary exploration of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues being addressed and reported by the UK's top ten property investment companies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with a short discussion of the origins...

Purpose – The purpose of this comparative study is to explore how large German and British companies publicly define corporate social responsibility (CSR), as well as why and how the respective notion of CSR was developed. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on a qualitative...