Regulation, Corporate Social Responsibility and Activism

This paper analyzes the interplay between firms' self-regulation (often denoted as corporate social responsibility) as opposed to the formal regulation of a negative externality. Firms respond to increasing activism in the market (conscious consumers that take into account the external effects of their purchase) by providing more socially responsible goods. However, because regulation is the outcome of a political process, an increase in activism might imply an inefficiently high externality level. This may happen when a majority of non-activist consumers collectively free-ride on conscious consumers. By determining a softer than optimal regulation, they benefit from the behavior of firms, yet they have access to cheaper (although less efficient) goods .     

企业社会责任导向下我国物流业税收政策研究

基于企业社会责任观,认为我国当前物流业的相关税收政策在引导企业履行社会责任方面存在差距,要使我国物流业健康、快速、长久地发展,物流业税收政策的设计要引导企业履行经济责任、法律责任、道德责任和慈善责任四个社会责任层次,通过对现状和问题的分析提出了政策设计的导向和措施。     

从成本——收益分析看企业履行社会责任的有效方式

从成本收益分析看，企业社会责任的落实，需要一个成熟的市场和利益相关者的支持。企业社会责任在某种程度上具有公共产品的性质，使企业陷入履行社会责任的囚徒困境，对不符合社会责任规范的企业行为所进行的政府管制，其作用受到很大的限制。通过培养企业自愿履行社会责任的机制，使企业履行社会责任的收益私有化，建立企业履行社会责任的有效模式。     

Enhancing the Credibility of Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe

This paper studies variables that have an effect on the choice of whether or not reports on corporate social responsibility are assured and who is selected to provide assurance. Such assurance reports increase the credibility of environmental and social reporting. In a European sample we observe some differences from previous research. Overall, industry effects seem small, but size and media visibility have a significant impact on assuring CSR reports. It seems that companies differentiate less between auditors and consultants. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment     

The Role of Public Information in Corporate Social Responsibility

Many of the attributes that make a good “socially responsible” (SR) are credence attributes that cannot be learned by consumers either through search or experience. Consumers, then, use for their purchasing decisions “noisy” information about these attributes obtained from potentially contradictory channels (media, advertisement, NGOs). In this paper we model such informational framework and show the positive relationship between the accuracy of the information transmitted to consumers and corporate social responsibility. We also show that a firm may be tempted to add noise to the information channel (through lobbying of the media), which might reduce the supply of the SR attributes and even harm the firm itself (with lower profits). It might then be profitable to the firm to commit ex ante to not manipulate the information regarding the firm's business practices (e.g., with a partnership with an NGO). Finally, we extend our model to a competition framework endogenizing the number of firms active in the SR segment. We show both that in more transparent markets a larger number of firms will be SR, and that in a market with more intense competition, a higher degree of transparency is required in order to sustain a given number of SR firms.     

国有企业社会责任缺失问题及其对策研究

研究表明,企业社会责任(Corporate Social Responsibility简称CSR)已发展成为全球企业界的共同行为准则和现代企业制度的重要组成部分,呈现由软约束到硬约束、由激励性到强制性、由内部性到外部性等时代特征。国有企业体制改革过程中出现的社会责任缺失、滞后等问题,究其原因在于企业新旧体制错位、自身利益过度和监管制度缺位。有必要采取积极有效的政策措施,加快重构以"诚信守诺、以人为本、资源节约、环境保护"为核心价值观的国有企业社会责任体系。建议:一是进一步深化体制改革,尽快出台《国有企业社会责任体系建设实施条例》;二是创新企业内部治理模式,实行国有企业社会责任任职资格、首席官、全面管理体系、考核奖惩、信息披露等项制度;三是加快完善激励企业全面履行社会责任的政策措施,适时修订相关法规条款,依法推进国有企业社会责任体系建设。     

企业财务关系与企业社会责任——小议企业财务关系中企业社会责任的缺失

本文从企业财务关系中企业社会责任意识的缺失对社会和谐、社会主义市场经济秩序、企业文化等五个方面的影响讨论了企业社会责任的重要性及其缺失可能带来的后果。     

货币政策、社会责任信息披露质量与商业信用模式

以2010-2014年沪深A股主板上市公司为样本,采用聚类稳健性回归方法进行实证分析,考察货币政策波动和社会责任信息披露质量对上市公司商业信用模式的影响。研究结果显示,与宽松性货币政策相比,在紧缩性货币政策时期,企业更多地采取交易成本较低的商业信用模式。进一步研究发现,企业在紧缩性货币政策下披露高质量的社会责任信息将有助于其获得更多的交易成本较低的商业信用模式。     

美日欧新能源汽车政策辨析及启示

本文通过分析美日欧新能源汽车市场的政策演变路径,对中国市场的新能源汽车技术选择形成借鉴.结合对中国新能源汽车市场的预估,参考美日欧政策对消费市场的撬动作用,进一步提出消费者政策的支出规模.最后通过美日欧新能源汽车对应发展阶段政策分析,提出中国新能源汽车市场的政策着眼点.     

企业社会责任会计:内涵、目标与计量

本文探讨了企业社会责任会计的内涵界定、会计目标以及计量问题,指出企业社会责任会计应该主要反映企业在经济责任之外的其他社会责任;会计目标是为政府部门制定相关政策提供信息和为企业向利益相关者传递信息提供载体,信息提供的方式包括强制性披露和自愿披露;还应通过政府立法和明晰产权等,使外部成本内部化来部分解决计量问题。     

Unleashing the Power of Networks: Shareholder Activism,Sustainable Development and Corporate Environmental Policy

In recent years, a new trend has emerged in which shareholder activists have formed networks to empower shareholders and magnify shareholder voices. This study explores the structural patterns and effectiveness of shareholder activism networks and shows how those networks affect corporate sustainability policies. We draw upon stakeholder influence theory, stakeholder network management theory and recent studies on activism networks to examine a shareholder activism network formed around environmental issues. The study found that (1) the structure of shareholder activist networks is largely driven by organizational attributes such as organization type, organizations’ human resources, media visibility and history; and (2) activist organizations with high centralities and eigenvector centralities enjoy more efficient results. This study contributes to our understanding of the business responses to shareholder demands on improving environmental performance and paves the way for future research on sustainable development through partnerships with shareholder networks. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment     

基于利益相关者视角下的石油企业社会责任研究

本文在利益相关者视角下,分析石油企业在履行社会责任存在的问题,阐述石油企业如何更好的履行其社会责任。最后,从利益相关者角度,去解决石油企业社会责任存在的问题,提出完善石油企业社会责任的对策建议。     

公司治理、内部控制与企业社会责任信息披露质量

基于公司治理和内部控制两个视角,本文以2011-2015年度发布企业社会责任报告的沪深两市上市公司为研究样本,分析了两者对企业社会责任信息披露质量的影响。研究表明,高水平的公司治理和高质量的内部控制能够显著提升企业社会责任信息披露质量,内部控制质量显著影响公司治理水平。高水平的公司内部治理环境,能够显著提升内部控制对企业社会责任信息披露质量的正向调节作用,而低水平的公司内部治理环境则显著削弱内部控制对企业社会责任信息披露质量的正向调节作用。     

Shareholder Activism and Earnings Management Incentives: An Empirical Examination of Shareholder Proposals in the United States

In this article, we investigate the effect of shareholder activism on earnings management. Using a US sample of shareholder pay‐for‐performance proposals sponsored by institutional investors, we find that when compared to control firms, firms targeted by shareholder proposals have a greater magnitude of discretionary accruals (DA) in their reported earnings. In addition, we find that the likelihood of meeting or beating earnings benchmarks through the use of DA is higher for targeted firms whose managers have job security concerns due to the firms’ inferior stock performance in the past or have plans to sell company stock. Our results are consistent with the notion that pay‐for‐performance proposals have unintended consequences by introducing or exacerbating incentives to manage earnings for short‐term gains. The results also indicate that, for financial reporting, the short‐termism effect may dominate the alignment and/or disciplinary effect of shareholder monitoring.     

Extending the Boundaries: An Assessment of the Integration of Extended Producer Responsibility Within Corporate Social Responsibility

The paper examines how extended producer responsibility (EPR) as an environmental policy approach and, more broadly, product management strategies are characterized within corporate social responsibility (CSR). The author summarizes the key concepts and arguments for sustainable product management strategies with an emphasis on the collection of discarded products at end of life, and identifies primary tools for recognizing and advancing product management strategies within CSR such as sustainability reporting and product standard and certification programs. The article analyzes 121 CSR reports for references to EPR and, more broadly, end‐of‐life management strategies for discarded products. It concludes with recommendations as to how CSR practices can more effectively recognize product management strategies as well as how EPR policy can be enhanced to further embed product end‐of‐life management strategies and activities within the CSR activities of firms. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment     

企业社会责任、企业声誉对员工满意度影响的实证研究

构建了企业社会责任、企业声誉和员工满意度的关系模型,以西北工业大学深圳地区和西安地区MBA班工程硕士学员为调研对象,欲探讨现阶段企业员工对企业社会责任的认知状况。通过构建结构方程模型,实证分析发现:企业社会责任对企业声誉有显著正向影响;企业声誉对员工满意度有显著正向影响;企业社会责任不直接对员工满意度产生影响,而是通过影响企业声誉后对员工满意度产生作用。     

Researching Corporate Social Responsibility Communication: Themes,Opportunities and Challenges

Growing recognition that communication with stakeholders forms an essential element in the design, implementation and success of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has given rise to a burgeoning CSR communication literature. However this literature is scattered across various sub‐disciplines of management research and exhibits considerable heterogeneity in its core assumptions, approaches and goals. This article provides a thematically‐driven review of the extant literature across five core sub‐disciplines, identifying dominant views upon the audience of CSR communication (internal/external actors) and CSR communication purpose, as well as pervasive theoretical approaches and research paradigms manifested across these areas. The article then sets out a new conceptual framework – the 4Is of CSR communication research – that distinguishes between research on CSR Integration, CSR Interpretation, CSR Identity, and CSR Image. This typology of research streams organizes the central themes, opportunities and challenges for CSR communication theory development, and provides a heuristic against which future research can be located.     

An Empirical Analysis of the Strategic Use of Corporate Social Responsibility

Recent theories of the strategic use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) emphasize the role of information asymmetry and how CSR is likely to be incorporated into a firm's product differentiation strategy. A key empirical implication of these theories is that firms selling experience or credence goods are more likely to be socially responsible than firms selling search goods. Using firm-level data, we report evidence that is consistent with this hypothesis.     

Effects of Care Leave and Family Social Policy: Spotlight on the United States

Consistent with Pope Francis's efforts to eradicate social exclusion, most countries in the world have already adopted care leave policies in an effort to reduce the conflict between being an employee and being a caregiver. Care leave policies allow workers time off for family or for self‐care. Historically, care leave policies such as maternity leave are viewed as an employee benefit akin to short‐term disability leave, providing job‐protected time off for new mothers. This study reviews the literature of the short‐ and long‐run economic and societal effects of care leave policies globally, with a specific focus on care leave policies in the United States. Care leave produces positive labor market and health outcomes, including increases in leave taking, improvement in replacement wages, improvements to profitability and employee morale, increases in female workforce participation and continuity, increases in birth weight, and decreases in infant mortality. Despite positive effects, labor market inequalities such as decreases in female labor market participation rates, gender wage gaps, and occupational segregation are often promoted by care leave policies. The conflicted findings in care leave research muddle the anticipated effects of paid care leave but allow room for alternative policy recommendations.     

Planning and Financing Water Resource Development in the United States: A Review and Policy Perspective

Abstract . Since the beginning of the 80s, there has been a discernible decline in federal spending for water resource development. The methods of financing project development at the state level exhibit diverse characteristics across different states. The state and sub-state level agencies and users will have to find and develop additional resources. This might also call for reduction in subsidies in water pricing which might give a greater role to market factors in conservation efforts. The present differentiated cost-sharing formula for different uses on the basis of the federal agency involved in the project development contributes to inefficient allocation of the resource. There is urgent need for financial and water management reform in order to avert a potential water crisis. Use, efficiency and equity considerations need to play a greater role in the distribution of the resource than in the past.