Corporate Social Responsibility: An Economic and Financial Framework

By Geoffrey M. Heal. 2005

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management

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Do Investors Value Sustainability? A Natural Experiment Examining Ranking and Fund Flows (2019, background): “3For recent overviews see: Bénabou and Tirole (2010); Heal (2005); Kitzmueller and Shimshack (2012); Margolis et al. (2009).”
Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility (2010, background): “…There seems to be, overall, no or a slightly positive correlation between socially responsible behaviour and corporate returns; see Orlitzky et al. (2003), Margolis and Elfenbein (2007) and Margolis et al. (2007) for meta-analyses, Heal (2005) and Reinhardt et al. (2008) for further discussions.”
The business case for corporate social responsibility: A company-level measurement approach for CSR (2008, background): “…& Figge (2000) Efficiency gains; differentiation; tax advantages; financing advantages; risk reduction Theoretical research with case examples Heal (2005) Risk management; efficiency gains; improved relations to regulators; improved brand value; improved employee productivity; reduced…”
Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: A non-linear and disaggregated approach (2016, background): “Examples of such investments are: managing risk and reputation, human resource management, better access to finance, cost savings due to efficiency improvements and avoiding regulation (see, Reinhardt et al., 2008; Cochran, 2007; Heal, 2005; Greening and Turban, 2000, among others).”
Corporate social responsibility and dividend policy (2018, unknown): “ Heal (2005) argues that CSR can enhance earnings through better relationships with stakeholders, more efficient management, better asset allocation, better labor policies and other efficiency improvements.”
Does the stock market value the inclusion in a sustainability stock index? An event study analysis for German firms (2013, unknown): “It suggests that governments do not fully resolve all problems with external effects and that competitive markets are not efficient (e.g., Heal, 2005).”
Banks and environmental, social and governance drivers: Follow the market or the authorities? (2021, unknown): “1 See Wu and Shen (2013) and Heal (2005).”
Attracting responsible employees: Green production as labor market screening (2008, background): “2A brief, verbal discussion of CSR and employee motivation can be found in Heal (2005).”
Behavioral Environmental Economics: Promises and Challenges (2014, background): “The modern approach to CER in economics however considers that CER may be justified in some situations where the government is unable to solve an environmental issue (for literature surveys, see Heal 2005, Kitzmueller and Shimshack 2012 and Crifo and Forget 2012).”
CSR and the legitimacy of business in transition economies: the case of Russia (2009, background): “According to Heal (2004), the contribution of CSR to economic performance is that it helps the market to align corporate profits and social costs.”
Corporate social responsibility reporting and firm performance: evidence from China (2015, background): “Some have argued that the implementation of CSR increases efficiency (Heal 2005); reduces social, environmental, and transaction costs (Kong et al.”
Institutional Logics in the Study of Organizations: The Social Construction of the Relationship between Corporate Social and Financial Performance (2011, background): “For example, some economists argue that CSR, as a normal good, might be positively related to profitability under certain conditions of demand and supply (e.g., Heal, 2004; Mackey, Mackey & Barney, 2007; McWilliams & Siegel, 2001).”