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Companies that are going to thrive must have a soul. Those that are only concerned with “maximizing shareholder wealth” or “maximizing profit” will find themselves going the way Enron went. CEOs will have to lead the revolution and should be the ones exhorting executives to make...
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that those with a higher ownership concentration tend to be run by managers whose profile is closer to the steward than the … effect. This paper goes further than existing research on owners and top managers as determinants of CSR and unveils new ways …
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Motivated by the on-going debate on the costs and benefits of CSR, we explore how talented managers view CSR … managers view CSR investments favorably. However, only those with especially strong talent are in favor of CSR investments. For … investments, suggesting that these strongly talented managers perceive CSR as enhancing firm performance. By contrast, for those …
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discourage corporate social responsibility (CSR). This finding suggests that compensation incentives can motivate managers not to …
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Using the staggered enactment of state-level constituency statutes as an exogenous shock to corporate social responsibility, we find that directors' information acquisition intensity, measured by the return for their trading of company shares, decreases by 4% after the enactment. Our results are...
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Purpose – This study examines the association between Chief Executive Officer (CEO) power and the level of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure, as well as the moderating role of stakeholder influence on this association.Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of 986...
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(long-term pay vs short term pay) provide equal incentives for managers to engage in both dimensions equally. I find that …
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managers towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). A survey through the self administered questionnaire on ten statements … concludes that the CSR practices are the influencing components of perceptions among future managers regarding CSR …
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The International Standards Organisation's ISO 26000 on social responsibility supports organisations of all types and sizes in their responsibilities towards society and the environment. ISO 26000 recommends that organisations ought to follow its principles on accountability, transparency,...
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With the goal of examining sustainability through a new lens and uncovering how business organizations are reconciling their role in the world today and into the future -- and what it will take to realize that future -- Avastone Consulting conducted the Avastone Corporate Sustainability Study...
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