The Creation of Value Through Corporate Reputation

The relationship between social and financial performance (CSP – FP) has been a main objective in the literature on business management, as it would provide an economic justification for the social investment insofar as it contributes to the creation of value. This relationship has been empirically tested by several authors though without using a theoretical model that sustains this relationship. The aim of this article is to propose a theoretical model of the process of the creation of value from the reputation generated by companies, integrating the factors that have been shown to be more relevant in this process from previous research, in such a way that hypotheses are put forward regarding the existence of this relationship and the factors that determine it. Finally, an empirical test is performed using the 100 most prestigious companies operating in Spain during 2004.     

中、美纺织品贸易摩擦的利益相关者分析

贸易的政治因素和经济因素经常被单独分析,Freeman的利益相关者分析成功地实现了两者的综合。本文通过利益相关者方法分析中、美纺织品贸易摩擦问题,分析表明:贸易摩擦牵涉到各方利益,贸易摩擦的解决最终是各方政治经济利益的均衡。因此对于中方,不应只站在自己的角度,而应站在双方视角看待和解决纺织品贸易摩擦问题,对症下药,提高对美贸易政策的有效性,具体可采取对外直接投资,开辟多元化的出口市场,争取美国国内零售协会的帮助和自愿出口限额等措施。     

保险企业社会责任探析

金融是经济的核心,保险业是金融体系重要的组成部分。保险企业在追求自身经济效益最大化的同时,承担一定的社会责任已成为一种社会经济的现实要求。本文以利益相关者理论为分析工具,联系国内外保险企业社会责任的发展状况,着力探讨了保险企业社会责任的几个理论问题,分析了我国保险企业社会责任缺失的原因,提出了我国保险企业社会责任培育与环境建设的若干建议。     

现代畜牧企业社会责任初探

本文主要探讨了现代畜牧企业社会责任内容以及当前我国畜牧企业社会责任存在的问题及原因。对于如何提升畜牧企业社会责任,本人认为主要从政府、社会层面、企业层面和行业层面来提升现代畜牧企业的社会责任。     

Factors influencing the quality of corporate environmental disclosure

Many firms choose to communicate their environmental strategies through voluntary environmental disclosures. This paper examines patterns in the quality of voluntary environmental disclosures made by a sample of around 450 large UK companies drawn from a diverse range of industrial sectors. The analysis distinguishes between five facets of quality, including the disclosure of group‐wide environmental policies, environmental impact targets and an environmental audit. We examine how the decisions firms face regarding each facet of quality are determined by firm and industry characteristics, and find the quality of disclosure to be determined by a firm's size and the nature of its business activities. Specifically, we find high quality disclosure to be primarily associated with larger firms and those in sectors most closely related to environmental concerns. In contrast to several recent contributions, we find that the media exposure of companies plays no role in stimulating voluntary disclosures. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.     

Moral Discourse and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting

This paper examines voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting as a form of moral discourse. It explores how alternative stakeholder perspectives lead to differing perceptions of the process and content of responsible reporting. We contrast traditional stakeholder theory, which views stakeholders as external parties having a social contract with corporations, with an emerging perspective, which views interaction among corporations and constituents as relational in nature. This moves the stakeholder from an external entity to one that is integral to corporate activity. We explore how these alternative stakeholder perspectives give rise to different normative demands for stakeholder engagement, managerial processes, and communication. We discuss models of CSR reporting and accountability: EMAS, the ISO 14000 series, SA8000, AA1000, the Global Reporting Initiative, and the Copenhagen Charter. We explore how these models relate to the stakeholder philosophies and find that they are largely consistent with the traditional atomistic view but fall far short of the demands for moral engagement prescribed by a relational stakeholder perspective. Adopting a relational view requires stakeholder engagement not only in prescribing reporting requirements, but also in discourse relating to core aspects of the corporation such as mission, values, and management systems. Habermas’ theory of communicative action provides guidelines for engaging stakeholders in this moral discourse. MaryAnn Reynolds is an Associate Professor of Accounting in the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University. Dr. Reynolds teaches intermediate financial accounting and is published in the areas of corporate social, environmental and ethical reporting. Kristi Yuthas is the Swigert Endowed Information Systems Professor in the School of Business Administration at Portland State University. Dr. Yuthas teaches accounting and information systems and is published in the areas of social and ethical impacts of management information systems.     

基于利益相关者行为的旅游地发展影响研究

20世纪80年代以来,利益相关者理论在旅游领域的研究取得了飞速的发展。但在利益相关者的行为对旅游地发展的影响研究等方面系统的阐述不多。本文从利益相关者行为对旅游地发展的经济效应、社会效应、环境效应、客源市场效应等方面进行了探讨,以期为我国旅游地的可持续发展提供有益建议。     

Managerial Entrenchment and Corporate Social Performance

Abstract:  We examine empirically the relationships amongst managerial entrenchment practices, social performance, and financial performance. We hypothesize that entrenched managers may collude with non-shareholder stakeholders in order to reinforce their entrenchment strategy; this is particularly so in firms that have efficient internal control mechanisms. Moreover, we prove that the combination of entrenchment strategies and the implementation of socially responsible actions have particularly negative effects on financial performance. We test these contentions with a sample of 358 companies, from 22 different countries, for the period 2002–2005.