Purpose: This paper aims to examine the relation between firms’ political connections and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in Portugal. The authors argue that in settings where the existence of political connections are viewed as damaging collective interests of stakeholders,...

This paper reports the results of an exploratory analysis, focused on Euronext Lisbon listed companies, which aimed to obtain an image of the characteristics of politically connected firms and of the politicians connected to them. Our results show that the majority of listed companies are...