Social Responsibility Journal: Volume 15 Issue 7

Purpose-washing of impact investing funds: motivations, occurrence and prevention

Suzanne Findlay, Michael Moran

As an emerging field of financing, impact investing is under-institutionalised and is in a legitimacy building phase. In an attempt to unpack how impact investing is deployed in…

Institutional CSR: provision of public goods in developing economies

Andrew Bradly, Ganesh Nathan

This paper aims to introduce the concept of institutional CSR and explains its antecedents, key characteristics and the potential implications arising from private firms providing…

The contemporary definition of university social responsibility with quantifiable sustainability

Issam Kouatli

The university social responsibility (USR) is still in embryonic stage compared to corporate social responsibility (CSR) which is still debatable by researchers. The purpose of…

Influence of corporate social responsibility on non-financial performance

Kwamena Minta Nyarku, Seth Ayekple

Using a multinational corporation (MNC), Nestlé Ghana Limited (NGL) that operates in a developing economy (Ghana) as a case study, this paper aims to examine the influence of…

Striving for legitimacy through CSR: an exploration of employees responses in controversial industry sector

Mobin Fatma, Imran Khan, Zillur Rahman

Based on the social identification theory, this study aims to understand employees’ reactions to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in oil companies. This study finds that…

The sequential effect of CSR and COE: family ownership moderation

Ain Hajawiyah, Desi Adhariani, Chaerul Djakman

This paper aims to examine the sequential effect of cost of equity capital and corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure with family ownership as a moderating variable.

Role of integrity system, internal control system and leadership practices on the accountability practices in the public sectors of Malaysia

Md. Mahmudul Alam, Jamaliah Said, Mohamad Azizal Abd Aziz

This study aims to assess the status of current practices of accountability and its relationship with the practices of integrity system, internal control system and leadership…