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The Relationship between Financial Performance, Firm Size, Leverage and Corporate Social Responsbility.

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Title/Author:	The Relationship between Financial Performance, Firm Size, Leverage and Corporate Social Responsbility./
Author:	Nega, Fraser T.
Description:	1 online resource (164 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-03(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-03A(E).
Subject:	Finance. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355534672

The Relationship between Financial Performance, Firm Size, Leverage and Corporate Social Responsbility.
Nega, Fraser T.

The Relationship between Financial Performance, Firm Size, Leverage and Corporate Social Responsbility. - 1 online resource (164 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-03(E), Section: A.

Thesis (D.B.A.)--Walden University, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references

Approximately $25.2 trillion in total assets under management in the United States is involved in some strategy of socially responsible and sustainable investing. Grounded in the stakeholder theory, the purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationships between financial performance, firm size, leverage, and corporate social responsibility. A random sample included 119 large companies located in the United States from the population of companies listed in the Russell 100 index. The data were collected via Bloomberg Terminal. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to predict Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activity scores. The 3 predictor variables accounted for approximately 7% of the variance in ESG activity scores and the result was statistically significant, F(3,115) = 2.83, p < .04, R2 = .07. Although the p value was significant, the R2 was low representing a poor model fit. In the final analysis, total revenue was added to the model and was a significant predictor and negatively correlated with ESG activity scores; However, return on equity and leverage were not significant predictors of ESG activity scores suggesting the potential need to transfer some corporate social initiatives from business leaders to government policy makers. Future researchers should consider incorporating additional variables to make the model more useful. The implications for positive social change include the potential to identify fiscal incentives for corporate social programs by policy makers which benefit stakeholders such as employees, suppliers, customers, communities, and the environment.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355534672Subjects--Topical Terms:

559073
Finance.
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Electronic books.

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