Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of corporate board
characteristics in the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance in the …

The aim of the paper is to investigate the effects of the corporate governance model on
social and environmental disclosure (SED). We analyze the disclosures of the 100 US Best …

We study whether environmental reporting serves as a transparency tool to communicate
sound environmental policies to stakeholders or rather as a manipulation tool of …

For four decades, research on the role and responsibilities of business in society has
centered on the business case for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and an increasing …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to give an updated overview of the research on
employee ownership. What does the scientific literature reveal about advantages and …

In the management and business ethics literatures, stakeholder engagement has been
demonstrated to lead to more ethical management practices. However, there may be limits …

This paper examines the influence of the size of firms' board of directors on corporate social
performance through a meta‐analytic perspective. To that end, a sample of 80 articles that …

In recent years the benefit corporation has emerged as a new organizational form dedicated
to legitimizing the pursuit of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Eschewing traditional …

The last few decades have witnessed an explosion of research on corporate governance
from a wide array of academic fields including finance, accounting, management, economics …

This paper examines how independent and institutional women directors on boards affect
corporate social responsibility (hereafter CSR) reporting. Most of the previous empirical …