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Corporate Social Responsibility: a Theory of the Firm Perspective
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In this article, the authors outline a supply and demand model of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and conclude that there is an "ideal" level of CSR, which managers can determine via cost-benefit analysis.Abstract:
We outline a supply and demand model of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Based on this framework, we hypothesize that a firm's level of CSR will depend on its size, level of diversification, research and development, advertising, government sales, consumer income, labor market conditions, and stage in the industry life cycle. From these hypotheses, we conclude that there is an “ideal” level of CSR, which managers can determine via cost-benefit analysis, and that there is a neutral relationship between CSR and financial performance.read more
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The impact of board gender diversity on corporate social responsibility in the Arab Gulf states
Ayman Issa,Hong-Xing Fang +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of board gender diversity on the level of corporate social responsibility disclosure in the Arab Gulf states is examined. But, the study is limited to the Arab countries and it focuses on oil-rich countries.
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Chief sustainability officers and corporate social (Ir)responsibility
Ruchunyi Fu,Yi Tang,Guoli Chen +2 more
TL;DR: With a sample of S&P 500 firms, it is found that the presence of a CSO increases the firm's socially responsible activities ( CSR) and reduces its socially irresponsible activities (CSiR), and has a greater effect on reducing CSiR than on increasing CSR.
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Updating the Critical Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility
Gerard Hanlon,Peter Fleming +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a key element of the new neo-liberalism as it searches for both legitimacy and new sources of innovation, and argue that it is one of a suite of practices that corporations are deploying as they seek to shift the nature of social regulation away from collective to more individual solutions.
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Leadership Centrality and Corporate Social Ir-Responsibility (CSIR): The Potential Ameliorating Effects of Self and Shared Leadership on CSIR
Craig L. Pearce,Charles C. Manz +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors view the degree of centrality of leadership and the primary power motivation of leaders as key factors that influence the engagement in corruptive leader behavior and consequent corporate social irresponsibility in organizations.
Exploring the nature of the relationship between CSR and competitiveness (特集 企業の社会的責任(CSR))
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the nature of the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and competitiveness, and argue that CSR and competitiveness relate through a learning and innovation cycle, where corporate values, policies and practices are permanently defined and re-defined.
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The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits
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The corporate social performance-financial performance link
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