Impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk
Despite growing interest for corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the literature, the relationship between CSR activities and idiosyncratic risk of firms, one of the critical components in evaluating shareholder value, has been a topic of scarce examination. Further, the moderating role of firm...
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Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2017
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| author | Lin, Woon Leong Ho, Jo Ann Ng, Siew Imm Lee, Chin |
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| description | Despite growing interest for corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the literature, the relationship between CSR activities and idiosyncratic risk of firms, one of the critical components in evaluating shareholder value, has been a topic of scarce examination. Further, the moderating role of firm size on the link between CSR and idiosyncratic risk has not been studied. Existing research on the financial implications of CSR for firms has predominantly focused on positive aspects of CSR, over-looking that companies also undertake actions and initiatives that qualify as corporate social irresponsibility or negative CSR. This study dichotomizes CSR activities into two dimensions, socially responsible activities (positive CSR) and socially irresponsible activities (negative CSR), to scrutinize the distinct effects of the two extents. The authors demonstrate how positive and negative CSR can influences corporate financial performance (CFP) and idiosyncratic risk of firms and discuss the role of firm size as a moderator in the relationship. The proposed hypothesis for the framework and its theoretical justification are discussed in this paper. |
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| spelling | upm-587392018-02-01T03:45:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58739/ Impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk Lin, Woon Leong Ho, Jo Ann Ng, Siew Imm Lee, Chin Despite growing interest for corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the literature, the relationship between CSR activities and idiosyncratic risk of firms, one of the critical components in evaluating shareholder value, has been a topic of scarce examination. Further, the moderating role of firm size on the link between CSR and idiosyncratic risk has not been studied. Existing research on the financial implications of CSR for firms has predominantly focused on positive aspects of CSR, over-looking that companies also undertake actions and initiatives that qualify as corporate social irresponsibility or negative CSR. This study dichotomizes CSR activities into two dimensions, socially responsible activities (positive CSR) and socially irresponsible activities (negative CSR), to scrutinize the distinct effects of the two extents. The authors demonstrate how positive and negative CSR can influences corporate financial performance (CFP) and idiosyncratic risk of firms and discuss the role of firm size as a moderator in the relationship. The proposed hypothesis for the framework and its theoretical justification are discussed in this paper. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58739/1/24-WOON_LEONG_LIN.pdf Lin, Woon Leong and Ho, Jo Ann and Ng, Siew Imm and Lee, Chin (2017) Impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk. In: Global Conference on Business and Economics Research (GCBER) 2017, 14-15 Aug. 2017, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor. (pp. 471-476). http://www.econ.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/20171011154733060-_WOON_LEONG_LIN.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Lin, Woon Leong Ho, Jo Ann Ng, Siew Imm Lee, Chin Impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk |
| title | Impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk |
| title_full | Impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk |
| title_fullStr | Impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk |
| title_short | Impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk |
| title_sort | impact of positive and negative corporate social responsibility on corporate financial performance and idiosyncratic risk |
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