Corporate Social Performance in China: Evidence from Large Companies

Gao, Yongqiang

doi:10.1007/s10551-008-9982-y

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“…In the 2000s, international and nongovernmental organizations began to voice concerns about labor and human rights issues in Chinese companies (Gao, 2009;Hofman & Newman, 2014).…”

Section: The Rise Of Csr Reporting In Chinamentioning

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State-Mediated Globalization Processes and the Adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China

2017

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Despite the prevalence of global diffusion, little is known about the processes by which international practices are adopted and adapted within organizations around the world. Through our qualitative research on the introduction of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting at two leading Chinese companies, we identify a unique set of political mechanisms that we label state-mediated globalization, whereby powerful nation-state actors influence the ways in which corporations adopt and adapt global norms and practices. We find that businesses' needs for political legitimacy from a key stakeholder, in this case the government, leads them to deviate systematically from the global practice in both form and content. These intentional practice adaptations are then legitimized by the government to create internationalization tools and localized standards to aid adoption by other organizations. Our findings illustrate previously unidentified mechanisms by which powerful stakeholders such as the Chinese government may mediate, and thereby direct, the ways in which corporations adopt and adapt global CSR practices. Contributions to understanding the political processes of institutional translation in the context of globalization are discussed.

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“…In the 2000s, international and nongovernmental organizations began to voice concerns about labor and human rights issues in Chinese companies (Gao, 2009;Hofman & Newman, 2014).…”

Section: The Rise Of Csr Reporting In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

State-Mediated Globalization Processes and the Adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China

2017

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“…The content analysis of Chinese firms' social responsibility disclosure in Gao (2009) proposes that the Chinese firms' CSR disclosure can be classified into economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic dimensions. Gao (2009) find that most Chinese top 100 firms are concerned with economic returns and firm value, but few firms give high priorities to ethical and legal issues.…”

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Do Cross-Listed Firms Report Better Social Responsibility Performance?

Liu

2017

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'(& ( This paper investigates the corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure of cross-listed companies in China, to bridge the gap between existent CSR literature and the literature on cross-listing. MannWhitney-U and Wilcoxon ranking tests document the traditional bonding effect regarding reported corporate financial performance. Furthermore, the test results and findings of this study extend the financial bonding effect to other dimensions of corporate responsibility. In addition to better economic returns to owners, the bonding effect marks better reported CSR performance for cross-listed companies in terms of pay raises for employees, creation of new jobs, desirable stock option plans for management, and increased input in environmental protection and energysaving activities.

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“…Content analysis of corporate disclosures has been also used in a number of academic studies (e.g. [1], [97], [32], [65], [91]). …”

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“…While CSR is relatively well established in Western Europe, USA and Australia [5], [69], limited understanding of CSR and only recent adoption of CSR practices characterise less developed countries. Although many authors point out on the importance of CSR research in developing country contexts ( [5], [32], [58], [59]), there is a lack of empirical fi ndings. This study extends research in Central and Eastern European (CEE) context, contributing to scarce literature on CSR in these countries (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%