Finance as a Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility

Finance is grease to the economy. Therefore, we assume that it may affect corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the sustainability of economic development too. This paper discusses the transmission mechanisms between finance and sustainability. We find that there is no simple one-to-one relation...

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Главный автор: Scholtens, Bert (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2006
В: Journal of business ethics
Год: 2006, Том: 68, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 19-33
Другие ключевые слова:B Ethics
B M140
B Financial markets
B L210
B Sustainable Development
B Корпоративная социальная ответственность
B Development
B Banks
B G200
B Socially responsible investments
B Z130
B G300
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Итог:Finance is grease to the economy. Therefore, we assume that it may affect corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the sustainability of economic development too. This paper discusses the transmission mechanisms between finance and sustainability. We find that there is no simple one-to-one relationship between financial development and sustainable development but there are various – often indirect – linkages. It appears that most of the literature concentrates on the role of public shareholders when it comes to changing corporate policy and performance in a more sustainable direction. However, this focus neglects the potential impact of the credit channel and private equity on a firm’s non-financial policies and performance. These very powerful mechanisms can govern business policies and practices. Therefore, there appears to be much more scope for finance to promote socially and environmentally desirable activities and to discourage detrimental activities than has been acknowledged in the academic literature so far.
ISSN:1573-0697
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9037-1