The wealth effect of corporate water actions: how past corporate responsibility and irresponsibility influence stock market reactions

Ensuring access to clean water is one of the most important development and health challenges of the twenty-first century. Given the manifold impacts of business activities on water resources, corporate water actions should be of central concern to business ethics researchers. Yet so far we know too...

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Authors: Afrin, Rafia (Author) ; Peng, Ni (Author) ; Bowen, Frances 1973- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2022
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 180, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-124
Further subjects:B Water
B Shareholder wealth effect
B Corporate social responsibility / CSiR) / irresponsibility (CSR
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Financial returns
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