The Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Earnings Management: An Exploratory Study

In this article, we explore the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and earnings management (EM). Our CSR index, using KLD data, incorporates information from the following issue areas: the community, corporate governance, diversity, the product, employee relations, the enviro...

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Auteurs: Hong, Yongtao (Auteur) ; Andersen, Margaret L. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: 2011
Dans: Journal of business ethics
Année: 2011, Volume: 104, Numéro: 4, Pages: 461-471
Sujets non-standardisés:B KLD database
B Ethics
B Earnings management
B Accruals quality
B Responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise
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Résumé:In this article, we explore the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and earnings management (EM). Our CSR index, using KLD data, incorporates information from the following issue areas: the community, corporate governance, diversity, the product, employee relations, the environment, and human rights. Results show that more socially responsible firms have higher quality accruals and less activity-based EM, both of which impact financial reporting quality.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0921-y