Topic – Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility in different aspects of organization
Vishaka Iyer, MMS -FY, Research methodology assignment.
Kwon, M. (2023):This paper aims to examine how firms’ CSR engagement affects firms’ divestiture, which is a relatively unexplored corporate decision with respect to CSR. We find evidence that support the stakeholder value maximization view, which argues that firms’ CSR engagement has positive impact on shareholders’ wealth due to the enhanced other stakeholders’ willingness to support the firm’s operation and supervise the firms’ performance. Specifically, we find that high CSR are less likely to divest assets, but they tend to undertake divestiture to increase the focus on their core-business by selling unrelated business assets. Our findings show that such a decision accompanies the postdivestiture performance improvement only for high CSR firms and high CSR firms further tend to benefit other stakeholders including employees, suppliers, and customers. Our additional analysis shows that acquirers of divested assets from high CSR firms also enjoy better post-acquisition performance through the increase in sales growth and market share.
Farrington, S. (2017):CSR investment is higher when CSR is disclosed than when CSR is not disclosed. When CSR is disclosed, participants may invest in CSR for two nonmutually exclusive reasons. They may invest in CSR due to their individual preferences for CSR. Additionally, participants may invest in CSR to signal their willingness to cooperate to their partner. The odds a participant will invest in CSR are 1.78 times higher when CSR investment is disclosed versus when CSR investment is not disclosed. Business collaborations can be a strong source of competitive advantage, allowing partners to combine the technologies, skills, relationships, and resources to reduce costs and mitigate strategic risk, expand scale, and create access to new markets. One of the main reasons for the high rate of failure is a lack of cooperation .CSR disclosure increases CSR investment, but does not lead to higher levels of overall cooperation in business collaborations. Further, CSR disclosure moderates the link between managers’ CSR investment and cooperation in business collaborations. When CSR is disclosed, CSR investors are more likely to cooperate than NonCSR investors. Further, CSR investors are more sensitive to CSR disclosure than Non-CSR investors. CSR investors adjust their behavior dependent upon their partners’ CSR investment choice and are more likely to cooperate with other CSR investors than with Non-CSR investors.
Mu, H., & Lee, Y. (2023):Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a pivotal area of focus, with an increasing number of companies prioritizing its integration into their operational strategies. Nonetheless, because of the dual factors of corporate legitimacy and the pressure exerted by stakeholders, some companies use their CSR disclosures to screen positive impressions and good images, known as greenwashing.. Given that CSR encompasses diverse activities—from environmental conservation and employee welfare enhancement to product investment and charitable donations—it is clear that greenwashing in CSR extends beyond merely environmental concerns.
Valentine, S., & Fleischman, G. (2008):Individuals beliefs about professional ethics are associated with CSR, and that CSR attitudes are also associated with the ideologies that originate in professional associations.professional ethics inuenced CSR attitudes through a positive association with CSR, implying that ethical attitudes are associated with corporate involvement in such activity. These ndings present a number of implications for managing business ethics.
Glavas, A., et al(2013):Employees were more engaged, creatively involved, and had higher quality relationships when they worked for organizations that were socially responsible (Glavas and Piderit 2009). Furthermore, a meta-analysis of research on corporate social performance included six studies in which employee constructs such as job satisfaction mediate the relationship between corporate social performance and nancial performance (Peloza 2009). Aside from these studies, numerous other scholars have proposed that there is a positive effect on employees when they work for companies engaged in CSR efforts.
Skudiene, V et al: suggests that many factors embedded in the company’s CSR initiatives influence employees’ responses . Company’s socially responsible behavior is proven to effect positively employee commitment, satisfaction, trust, loyalty, company image and motivates people to choose that company as the employer, strengthens employees’ self-image, helps to identify themselves with the certain group (organization), fulfills the need for belonging and membership, encourages employees to receive lower salaries, positively effects employee retention, impacts employees’ willingness to initiate, participate and contribute social change initiatives, inspires the team work, and boosts employee morale .
Büchner, L. M. (2012):The driving force behind the rising significance of CSR is capital market expectations. Analysts and rating agencies no longer just look at revenue and profit, they are also starting to examine whether a company’s profits were generated in a sustainable manner, that is: applying ecologically and socially sound principles. Employees, customers and the wider public are also starting to show an interest in how a company manages its business.Sustainability management must take a holistic approach and has to be integrated into core corporate governance processes. These days, growing emphasis is given to the measurability of corporate activity. For this reason, CSR if used purely as a marketing tool will not satisfy the demands of the market. There are three types of corporate social responsibility:
-CSR that is motivated by intrinsic economic interests,
-CSR as an element of risk management,
-and the implementation of CSR concepts in order to follow a trend or fashion.
Abingdon (2023): the study found that corporate image mediates corporate governance as well as the CSR And firm performance nexus. The study concludes that CG and CSR synergistically influence firm Performance through corporate image. Corporate governance and CSR better enhance improve Firm performance (Ntim & Soobaroyen, 2013) via corporate image. The findings doubled in conFirming stakeholder theory to support the notion that corporate governance and CSR influence Performance by building and establishing a firm’s image.
Kong 2023 et al:With the development of globalization, more and more Countries have begun to apply new immigration policies to Attract people from all over the world. Those immigrants With prominent national or ethnic characteristics bring with Them energy for the economy of their chosen nation, as well As problems for its society. It is important to understand both The positive and negative consequences of cultural or value-Based collisions and fnd solutions for problems.ethnic diversity Prevents frms from fulflling social responsibilities, result-Ing in a negative relationship between ethnic diversity and CSR performance. Considering that ethnic diversity and CSR performance may have reverse causality, we use the Instrumental variable “intermarriage” in our regression to Eliminate this endogenous problem. Intermarriage is related To ethnic diversity but not directly to CSR, suggesting that It is a good instrumental variable.Second, we fnd that Social trust plays a signifcant mediating role on the ethnic Diversity–CSR performance relationship. In regions with a High level of social trust, top managers conform to social Norms of trust and concern for their stakeholders’ interests, And thus engage more with CSR activities.
Prutina, Z. (2015):Corporate social responsibility and all of its synonyms denote a greater role and responsibility that business has toward the society and the environment. It is, however, difficult to determine when exactly a company can be called socially responsible, and there is a great need for differentiation between those that occasionally support social or environmental causes through donations, and those who strategically integrate CSR in all their operations. The question of how to go about becoming socially responsible is an important one. Depending on the starting point and previous records and reputation of the company, it may take more or less effort and resources. Change is required at all levels of the organization, and many scholars agree that the commitment to becoming socially responsible has to come from everyone in the organization.
CONCLUSIONS:
The collected research underscores the significant impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on various aspects of firms’ operations and performance:
• Financial Performance: High CSR engagement correlates positively with shareholder wealth and post-divestiture performance improvement.
• Investment Behavior: CSR disclosure influences CSR investment, but it doesn’t necessarily lead to increased overall cooperation in business collaborations.
• Employee Engagement: CSR initiatives positively affect employee engagement, satisfaction, and commitment, thereby enhancing organizational performance.
• Corporate Governance and Image: CSR and corporate governance synergistically influence firm performance through the establishment of a positive corporate image.
• Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: Ethnic diversity may negatively impact CSR performance, but high social trust mediates this relationship, encouraging greater CSR engagement.
• Challenges and Strategies: Becoming socially responsible requires strategic integration into operations and commitment from all levels of the organization, emphasizing the need for genuine and sustained efforts.
In summary, CSR plays a multifaceted role in shaping firms’ financial, operational, and reputational outcomes, highlighting its importance as a strategic imperative in contemporary business contexts.
References:
Abingdon (2023)Rippling effect of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility synergy on firm performance: The mediating role of corporate image. (2023). Cogent Business & Management, 10(2)https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2023.2210353
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Farrington, S. (2017). The effect of corporate social responsibility investment and disclosure on cooperation in business collaborations (Order No. 10642038). Available from ProQuest Central. (1983446459). Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/effect-corporate-social-responsibility-investment/docview/1983446459/se-2
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Kong, G., Kong, T. D., Qin, N., & Yu, L. (2023). Ethnic diversity, trust and corporate social responsibility: The moderating effects of marketization and language: JBE. Journal of Business Ethics, 187(3), 449-471. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05236-5
Kwon, M. (2023). Essays on the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on financial decisions (Order No. 30529084). Available from ProQuest Central. (2871584522). Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/essays-on-effect-corporate-social-responsibility/docview/2871584522/se-2
Mu, H., & Lee, Y. (2023). Greenwashing in corporate social responsibility: A dual-faceted analysis of its impact on employee trust and identification. Sustainability, 15(22), 15693. Doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su152215693
Prutina, Z. (2015). DIAGNOSING THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CULTURE. Ekonomski Vjesnik, 28(2), 441-456. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/diagnosing-corporate-social-responsibility/docview/1755856863/se-2
Skudiene, V., & Auruskeviciene, V. (2012). The contribution of corporate social responsibility to internal employee motivation. Baltic Journal of Management, 7(1), 49-67. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/17465261211197421
Valentine, S., & Fleischman, G. (2008). Professional ethical standards, corporate social responsibility, and the perceived role of ethics and social responsibility: JBE. Journal of Business Ethics, 82(3), 657-666. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-007-9584-0