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The “simultaneous cycle” between corporate social responsibility and firms’ financial performance
International Journal of Disclosure and Governance ( IF 2.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-03 , DOI: 10.1057/s41310-020-00073-2
Samy Garas , Osama El-Temtamy

Despite scads of research on the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm financial performance (FFP), the literature is still inconclusive. Accordingly, we examine the dynamic relationship between CSR and FFP based on causality using accounting and financial measures (return on assets and Tobin’s Q , respectively) to present a holistic approach to the CSR–FFP linkage. The current study uses the environmental, social and governance index as a proxy for CSR, and the firms’ annual reports as a proxy for FFP. The data used have been published by Bloomberg for a ten-year period (2008–2017). We find CSR and FFP to be endogenously determined. First, we find that higher and more objective environmental disclosure improves the FFP using both measures. Second, we find that corporate environmental disclosure also improves the firm’s market value while reducing its market risk. Third, we find that FFP reduces its combined CSR disclosure, which confirms the dynamic trade-off relation between the two constructs. Our findings provide more understanding of the simultaneous cycle and the likelihood of restricting investments in CSR activities. In addition, our findings are also useful to the firms’ stakeholders and regulators. Overall, these results have important conceptual and methodological implications for future research, as well as policy and practice related to the wider role of business in society.

中文翻译:

企业社会责任与企业财务绩效之间的“同步周期”

尽管对企业社会责任(CSR)与公司财务绩效(FFP)之间的关系进行了大量研究,但文献尚无定论。因此,我们使用会计和财务指标(分别为资产收益率和托宾Q值)基于因果关系检验了CSR与FFP之间的动态关系,从而提出了CSR-FFP关联的整体方法。当前的研究使用环境,社会和治理指数作为企业社会责任的代表,并使用公司的年度报告作为FFP的代表。所使用的数据已由彭博社发布为期十年(2008-2017年)。我们发现CSR和FFP是内生确定的。首先,我们发现更高和更客观的环境披露可以同时使用这两种措施来改善FFP。第二,我们发现,公司环境披露还可以提高公司的市场价值,同时降低其市场风险。第三,我们发现FFP减少了其合并的CSR披露,这证实了这两种结构之间的动态权衡关系。我们的发现提供了对同步周期以及限制对CSR活动进行投资的可能性的更多理解。此外,我们的发现对公司的利益相关者和监管者也很有用。总体而言,这些结果对未来的研究以及与企业在社会中的广泛作用有关的政策和实践具有重要的概念和方法学意义。我们的发现提供了对同步周期以及限制对CSR活动进行投资的可能性的更多理解。此外,我们的发现对公司的利益相关者和监管者也很有用。总体而言,这些结果对未来的研究以及与企业在社会中的广泛作用有关的政策和实践具有重要的概念和方法学意义。我们的发现提供了对同步周期以及限制对CSR活动进行投资的可能性的更多理解。此外,我们的发现对公司的利益相关者和监管者也很有用。总体而言,这些结果对未来的研究以及与企业在社会中的广泛作用有关的政策和实践具有重要的概念和方法学意义。
更新日期:2020-06-03
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