How Important Are CEOs to CSR Practices? An Analysis of the Mediating Effect of the Perceived Role of Ethics and Social Responsibility

Drawing on the Agency–Stewardship approach, which suggests that manager profile may range from the agent model to the steward model, this article aims to examine how important CEOs are to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Specifically, this exploratory study proposes the existence of a relation...

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Authors: Godos-Díez, José-Luis (Author) ; Fernández-Gago, Roberto (Author) ; Martínez-Campillo, Almudena (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: 2011
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2011, 卷: 98, 發布: 4, Pages: 531-548
Further subjects:B Perceived Role of Ethics and Social Responsibility (PRESOR) scale
B 企業社會責任
B manager profile
B Agency–Stewardship approach
B Spain
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總結:Drawing on the Agency–Stewardship approach, which suggests that manager profile may range from the agent model to the steward model, this article aims to examine how important CEOs are to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Specifically, this exploratory study proposes the existence of a relationship between manager profile and CSR practices and that this relation is mediated by the perceived role of ethics and social responsibility. After applying a mediated regression analysis using survey information collected from 149 CEOs in Spain, results show that those closer to the steward model are more inclined to attach great importance to ethics and social responsibility, and to implement CSR practices in their companies. Results also provide support for the suggested mediating effect. Thus, this article extends research in understanding top managers as drivers for CSR and suggests new ways to deal with this issue empirically.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0609-8