Research tidbits: Money and compensation
In our Research Tidbits this week, we've brought together articles looking at the factors affecting CEO remuneration.
Research tidbits: Specific professions and ethics
Our latest Research Tidbits looks at ethics amongst specific professions, including accounting and food retailers.
Research tidbits: Stakeholders
Our latest reading on interesting articles on the topic of stakeholders. Stakeholder theory classification: A theoretical and empirical evaluation of definitions Stakeholder theory is widely accepted but elementary aspects remain indeterminate as the term ‘stakeholder’ is an essentially contested concept (Miles, J Bus Ethics 108:285–298, 2012; Mitchell, Organ Stud 33:1407–1411, 2012), being variously describable, internally complex and open in character (Gallie, Proc Aristot Soc 56:167–198, 1956). Such contestability is highly problematic for theory development and empirical testing. The extent of essential [...]
Research tidbits: CSR in China
Our latest pick of articles, this time covering CSR in China. Corporate philanthropy and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China How to mitigate stock price crash risk has become a focus in the theoretical and practical fields. Building on the work of Kim et al. (J Bank Finance, 43:1–13, 2014b), this paper investigates the relation between corporate philanthropy and crash risk under the unique Chinese institutional background. The results show that both state ownership and the 2005 [...]
Research tidbits: CSR at the organisational level
Our recent reading on articles considering CSR practices at the organisational level. The Local Roots of Corporate Social Responsibility Attig and Brockman provide new evidence that the prosocial attitudes of local residents play a significant role in determining a firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement. The authors show that firms are more likely to engage in CSR initiatives when they are headquartered in areas with large senior citizen populations and where a large fraction of the population makes charitable donations. In [...]
Research tidbits: Top level management and CSR
Our latest pick of interesting articles on CSR. Corporate sustainability: A view from the top Through a qualitative approach (via semi-structured interviewing), Rego et al. explore the perspective of 72 CEOs of companies operating in Portugal about the definition of corporate sustainability (CS) and its facilitators, and obtain four main findings. First, most CEOs equate CS with the company’s continuity/viability. Second, the relevance ascribed to different stakeholders differs considerably: while more than 50 % of CEOs cited shareholders/profits, and more than 40 % mentioned [...]
Research tidbits: Rethinking leadership
Some interesting articles we read recently on rethinking leadership. Understanding responsible management: emerging themes and variations from European business school programs This literature review reveals a call for changes in business education to encourage responsible management. The Principles for Responsible Management Education were developed in 2007 under the coordination of the United Nations Global Compact, AACSB International, and other leading academic institutions for the purpose of promoting responsible management in education. Literature review shows that responsible management as [...]
Research tidbits: Challenges for balanced boards
Our latest pick on interesting articles covering the challenges for balanced company boards. Resistance to Appointing Female Directors’ onto Nordic Boards In this empirical study, the authors investigate the variation in firms’ response to institutional pressure for gender-balanced boards, focusing specifically on the preservation of prevailing practices of director selection and its impact on the representation of women on the board of directors. Using 8 years of data from publicly listed Nordic corporations, the authors show societal pressure to be one of the determinants [...]
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Research tidbits: Morality, ethics and self-sanctioning
Our latest pick on interesting articles covering morality and ethics. The exposed self: A multilevel model of shame and ethical behaviour In this article, Murphy and Kiffin-Petersen review the shame and ethical behaviour literature in order to more fully develop theory and testable propositions for organisational scholars focusing on the behavioural implications of this ‘moral’ emotion. The authors propose a dual pathway multilevel model that incorporates complex relationships between felt and anticipatory shame processes and ethical behaviour, both within and between persons and at the collective level. Murphy [...]