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Board Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility

Harjoto, Maretno A. - 2014

This study examines the impact of board diversity on firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Using seven different measures of board diversity across 1,489 U.S. firms from 1999 to 2011, the study finds that board diversity is positively associated with CSR performance. Board...

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Do institutional investors vote responsibly?

Lafarre, Anne - 2022

Existing research and practical evidence highly question whether institutional investor truly walk the talk when it comes to fostering corporate sustainability (CS) in their investee companies, or merely engage in greenwashing. This study investigates how responsible institutional investors...

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Religiosity and Corporate Social Responsibility

Dimic, Nebojsa; Fatmy, Veda; Vähämaa, Sami - 2022

This paper examines the hypothesis that religious firms are more socially responsible. By utilizing a novel measure of religiosity that reflects firm-level adherence to Christian values, we find that religiousness is positively associated with the CSR engagement of large U.S. firms after...

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Sustainability skills disclosure for boards : an essential prerequisite for assessing sustainability competence

Demirtaş, Gül; Strenger, Christian; Tröger, Tobias - 2024

Not only institutional investors are increasingly demanding to know more about the sustainability skills of the boards they elect. These skills demonstrate a company's capability to navigate new regulations and meet self-imposed targets. Consequently, they also serve as a significant proxy for a...

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The double-edged sword of CEO activism

Larcker, David F.; Miles, Stephen A.; Tayan, Brian; … - 2018

CEO activism — the practice of CEOs taking public positions on environmental, social, and political issues not directly related to their business — has become a hotly debated topic in corporate governance. To better understand the implications of CEO activism, we examine its prevalence, the...

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Gender parity on top boards is still a far-off goal, and it is time for companies to take action

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Thompson, Philipp … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 17-19

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Corporate reporting provides insight into companies' commitment to gender equality

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Thompson, Philipp … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 32-39

Many companies in Germany must provide information beyond financial figures in their annual reports. For some years now, legislators have increasingly required information on non-financial aspects, such as the shares of women in leadership positions. Using a quantitative text analysis of annual...

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Market Reaction, Managerial Response, and the Classification of SEOs

Chan, Konan - 2011

The registration date of a seasoned equity offering marks the beginning of the offering process and serves to galvanize further scrutiny and information gathering about the issuer. We posit that the market reaction to this new additional information influences issuers' decisions about their...

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Determinants of managerial values on corporate social responsibility : evidence from China

Zu, Liangrong (contributor); Song, Lina (contributor) - 2008

This paper empirically investigates how Chinese executives and managers perceive and interpret corporate social … responsibility (CSR), to what extent firms' productive characteristics influence managers' attitudes towards their CSR rating, and … in poorer regions that are more likely to have managers who opt for a higher CSR rating. Managers' personal …

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Why do corporate actors engage in pro-social behavior? : a Bourdieusian perspective on corporate social responsibility

Aaken, Dominik van; Splitter, Violetta; Seidl, David - 2012

managers in their personal struggles for social power. Whether such practices are enacted or not depends on the (1) particular … features of the social field in which the managers are embedded, (2) the individual managers' socially shaped dispositions and …. macro-level explanations and voluntaristic vs. deterministic views of managers' behaviors …

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