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Erschienen in: Journal of Management and Governance 4/2019

26.06.2019

Corporate social responsibility and governance

verfasst von: Jean-Michel Sahut, Marta Peris-Ortiz, Frédéric Teulon

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Corporate governance (CG) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) have been important research issues for decades. The relationship between CG and CSR has been studied in financial literature in conjunction with the relationship between CSR, risk and corporate financial performance (CFP). In numerous previous studies, CG has been analysed as a pre-requisit or a component of CSR (Jamali et al. 2008; Roshima et al. 2009; García-Sánchez et al. 2015). A considerable number of these studies examining the interrelations among CSR, CFP and risk report conflicting evidence (Becchetti and Ciciretti 2009). The multiplicity of data sources and methodologies used in existing studies can explain, to a large extent, these differences in empirical results. Moreover, the relationships between CSR, governance, financial structure, and financial performance are complex, requiring more global models to better understand them (Flammer 2015). …

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Metadaten
Titel
Corporate social responsibility and governance
verfasst von
Jean-Michel Sahut
Marta Peris-Ortiz
Frédéric Teulon
Publikationsdatum
26.06.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Management and Governance / Ausgabe 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1385-3457
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-963X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-019-09472-2

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