Being good while being bad: social responsibility and the international diversification of US firms

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Strike, Vanessa M.; Gao, Jijun; Bansal, Pratima
• 署名单位: Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400226
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 850-862
• 关键词: corporate social responsibility; corporate social irresponsibility; Multinational corporations; International diversification; time series cross-sectional analysis

摘要

This paper contributes to the discussion on international diversification and corporate social responsibility ( CSR) by suggesting that firms can be simultaneously socially responsible and socially irresponsible. To test our assertions, we analyze data from 222 publicly traded US firms from 1993 to 2003. The findings support our hypotheses, and have significant implications for the way in which we conceptualize CSR.