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Corporate Social Responsibility: the institutionalization of ESG

Anderson, Erika (2023) Corporate Social Responsibility: the institutionalization of ESG. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Understanding the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on firm performance as it relates to industries reliant on technological innovation is a complex and perpetually evolving challenge. To thoroughly investigate this topic, this dissertation will adopt an economics-based structure to address three primary hypotheses. This structure allows for each hypothesis to essentially be a standalone empirical paper, unified by an overall analysis of the nature of impact that ESG has on firm performance. The first hypothesis explores the evolution of CSR to the modern quantified iteration of ESG has led to the institutionalization and standardization of the CSR concept. The second hypothesis fills gaps in existing literature testing the relationship between firm performance and ESG by finding that the relationship is significantly positive in long-term, strategic metrics (ROA and ROIC) and that there is no correlation in short-term metrics (ROE and ROS). Finally, the third hypothesis states that if a firm has a long-term strategic ESG plan, as proxied by the publication of CSR reports, then it is more resilience to damage from controversies. This is supported by the finding that pro-ESG firms consistently fared better than their counterparts in both financial and ESG performance, even in the event of a controversy. However, firms with consistent reporting are also held to a higher standard than their nonreporting peers, suggesting a higher risk and higher reward dynamic. These findings support the theory of good management, in that long-term strategic planning is both immediately economically beneficial and serves as a means of risk management and social impact mitigation. Overall, this contributes to the literature by fillings gaps in the nature of impact that ESG has on firm performance, particularly from a management perspective.

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a Developing Country: An Analysis of Public-listed Corporations in Malaysia

Ahmad, Anis Suriati (2016) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a Developing Country: An Analysis of Public-listed Corporations in Malaysia. PhD thesis, University of Essex.

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This study examines the nature and extent of CSR practices in Malaysia, a developing country located in the South-East Asia. The cause for concern highlighted in a number of studies in the field of CSR is centred on the unparalleled economic, social and political power that corporations possess in a contemporary economic environment. It has been argued that corporate large-scale operations pose considerable challenges to existing domestic and international governance institutions. In response to various pressures from civil society groups and NGOs, corporations espouse CSR commitment by producing codes of conduct and increasingly report its CSR engagement. Nevertheless, the present form of modern corporations, anchored by the ‘ideology’ of economic and legal views of the corporation offer limited insight into the practice of CSR. It has been argued that developing countries’ institutional structures are often devised to increase capital mobility and pressure to attract foreign investment in order to foster social and economic growth. This may influence the development of institutional structures for promoting social responsibility and public accountability and indeed shape social relations in a capitalist society. In the case of Malaysia, it can be observed that the powerful social elite set the agenda for maintaining social cohesion, mobilising Bumiputera hegemony in the process of capital accumulation and suppressing concerns about the tensions between capitalism and socio-economic and environmental concerns. In this context, CSR provided corporate managers and political elites with a tool, used to maintain the status quo and masked conflicting interests under the notion of ‘corporate social responsibility’. The analysis of several reports and documents of public-listed corporations in Malaysia showed gaps in the knowledge of CSR discourse and how it can be ‘operationalised’ in the best interest of the public at large. The review of documented evidence also indicated the gap between corporate pledges of CSR and what actually happened in practices.

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A Dissertation On EVALUATION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE OF GUJARAT

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