The role of culture, governance, and institutions in corporate social responsibility around the world.

Abstract

In my dissertation, I investigate the role of culture, governance, and institutions in the antecedents and outcomes of firm’s socially responsible behavior vis-à-vis corporate social responsibility (CSR). In the first essay, I examine how national and corporate culture depicting long term orientation influences the extent of CSR activities globally. In the second essay, I investigate how corporate ownership and the identity of controlling shareholders affect the extent of environmental CSR. The third essay analyzes whether there is a significant difference between strategic and tactical CSRs in terms of their impact on firm value. Together, this dissertation examines what drives organizations to integrate the interests of stakeholders into strategy formulation concerning CSR; and how organization’s CSR behaviors are influenced by diverse internal and external factors such as corporate governance, culture, and institutional environments.