Reading between the lines: Not all CSR is good CSR

• Main Authors: DING, David K., FERREIRA, Christo, WONGCHOTI, Udomsak
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Corporate financial performance; Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Maori; Pasifika; Stakeholder; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Corporate Finance
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5865; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6864/viewcontent/PAR_07_2017_0048.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate whether corporate social responsibility (CSR), as evidenced in annual financial reports, is associated with a firm’s financial performance in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach: A word count approach of several key CSR indicators found in the audited fin...