企业社会责任与财务业绩重新建立的良性循环外文翻译.docx
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企业社会责任与财务业绩重新建立的良性循环外文翻译
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原文:
Corporatesocialresponsibilityandfinancial
performance:
the‘‘virtuouscircle’’revisited
Weexaminethecausalrelationbetweencorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR)andfinancialperformance.Consistentwithpaststudies,wefindthatthetwovariablesappeartoberelatedwhenweusetraditionalstatisticaltechniques.However,usingatimeseriesfixedeffectsapproach,wefindthattherelationbetweenCSRandfinancialperformanceismuchweakerthanpreviouslythought.Wealsofindlittleevidenceofcausalitybetweenfinancialperformanceandnarrowermeasuresofsocialperformancethatfocusonstakeholdermanagement.OurresultssuggestthatstrongstockmarketperformanceleadstogreaterfirminvestmentinaspectsofCSRdevotedtoemployeerelations,butthatCSRactivitiesdonotaffectfinancialperformance.WeconcludethatCSRisdrivenmorebyunobservablefirmcharacteristicsthanbyfinancialperformance.
Theareaofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR)hasbecomeanotabletopicbothinthebusinessandacademicpress.McWilliamsandSiegel(2001)defineCSRas‘‘actionsthatappeartofurthersomesocialgood,beyondtheinterestsofthefirmandthatwhichisrequiredbylaw,’’.ExamplesofCSRincludesupportoflocalbusinessesorcharities,developingrecyclingprograms,andpromotingminorityemployment.Thoughtheseactivitiescertainlyresultinsocietalbenefits,opinionsdifferastowhetherafirm’sCSRactivityenhancesfinancialperformance.Forinstance,CSRhasbeendescribedasbeing‘‘littlemorethanacosmetictreatment,’’whileanearlierarticleinthefinancialpresstoutedtheeconomicadvantagesforcompaniespracticingCSR.
CSRhasattractedtheattentionofmutualfundinvestors,includingTIAACREF,andanumberoffundsuseCSRasascreeningdeviceforinvestmentselection.However,anybenefitsinvestorsderivefromincludingsociallyresponsiblefirmsintheirportfoliosdonotappeartobeinformofsuperiorreturns.Bello(2005)matchessociallyresponsiblemutualfundstoconventionalfundsinthelate1990sandfindsnosignificantdifferenceinlong-runinvestmentperformanceorportfoliodiversificationbetweenthetwogroups.AccordingtoStatman(2000),theDominiSocialIndex(DSI)didaswellastheS&P500between1990and1998.HefindsthatsomesociallyresponsiblefundsperformedworsethantheS&P500andtheDSI,butfarednoworsethanconventionalmutualfundsduringthetimeperiod.
AcademicresearchhasexaminedthecausalrelationbetweenCSRandfinancialperformance—whatissometimesreferredtoasthe‘‘virtuouscircle’’—todetermineif‘‘doinggood’’sociallyleadsto‘‘doingwell’’financially,andwhetherfirmsexhibitingsuperiorfinancialperformancedevotemoreresourcestosocialactivities.Whyshoulda‘‘virtuouscircle’’exist?
WaddockandGraves(1997)suggestthatpositivestakeholderrelationshipscanreducethelikelihoodofdifficultywhendealingwithgroupssuchasemployees,customers,andthecommunity.Inaddition,goodsocialperformanceandgoodmanagerialpracticemayberelated,sothisinturnmayleadtostrongfinancialperformance.Forinstance,Chengetal.(2006)findthatfirmswithstrongshareholderrightstendtohavealowercostofequitycapitalthancompetingfirms,whichsupportstheideathatreducingagencyproblemsbetweenstakeholdersandmanagementimprovesfinancialperformance.Ferreiraetal.(2008)findthatlargefirmsbenefitintheformofpositivelong-runstockperformancefollowingcertificationofqualitymanagement.Thissuggeststhatinthecaseoflargecompanies,goodmanagerialpracticedoesindeedimprovethebottomline.
Theempiricalevidencesuggeststhatavirtuouscircleexists.WaddockandGraves(1997)andHillmanandKeim(2001)findthatincreasedCSRleadstoenhancedfinancialperformanceandviceversa.McGuireetal.(1988)findthatprioryear’sstockreturnsandaccounting-basedperformancemeasuresarerelatedtocurrentmeasuresofCSR,butthatapastrecordofgoodsocialperformancedoesnotaffectthecurrentfinancialperformanceofafirm.
DespitetheextensivebodyofresearchonCSRandfinancialperformance,webelievethatadditionalanalysisiswarranted.Inthisstudy,weusealternativestatisticaltechniquestoprovidenewinsightsonthecausalrelationshipbetweenfirmperformanceandCSR.Thestudiescitedaboveandothersonthetopichavetypicallyemployedordinaryleastsquares(OLS)regressionswith1-yearlaggedvaluesofonevariable(e.g.,CSR)usedasdeterminantsoftheother(e.g.,ROA).Indeed,wealsofindthatCSRandperformancearerelatedwhenweusestandardOLSregressionmodels.However,inatimeseriesfixedeffectsapproachwithover2,800firm-yearobservations,wefindthattherelationbetweenCSRandfinancialperformanceismuchweakerthanthatdocumentedinpaststudies.Wealsofindlittleevidenceofcausalitybetweenfinancialperformanceandnarrowermeasuresofsocialperformance.Overall,wefindweakevidencethatstrongstockmarketperformanceleadstogreaterlevelsofCSRthatfocusspecificallyonemployeerelations.However,CSRactivitydoesnotleadtochangesinafirm’sfinancialperformance.
ThisstudycontributestotheliteratureonCSRinseveralways.Weuseamorecomprehensivetime-seriesofCSRdatarelativetopaststudies.Also,previousresearchanalyzingthelinkbetweenCSRandfinancialperformancedoesnotaccountforpossiblepersistenceorunobservablecharacteristicsthatmayplayaroleinthelevelofCSRactivityundertakenbyafirm.WeexaminetheseimportantconsiderationsbyusingGrangercausalityandcontrollingforfirmfixed-effectsinourtimeseries.WealsouseaTobitspecificationformodelsofCSRcausalitytoaccountforthecensorednatureofthedata.Finally,ourspecificationsalsoincludeanalysisofnarrowmeasuresofsocialperformancesuchashowthecompanytreatsemployees,theenvironment,thecommunity,anddiversityissues.TheuseofappropriatestatisticalmethodsandexaminationofthecomponentsofCSRyieldaddedinsightsregardingtherelationbetweenCSRandfinancialperformance.
TomeasureCSR,weusetheKLDSocratesDatabase.Thisdatabaseratescompaniesonthevariousdegreesofsocialresponsibilityincludingcommunityparticipation,diversity,employeeinterests,environmentalconsiderations,andshareholderinterests.ThisindexissuperiortoalternativemeasuresofCSRbecauseitiscompiledbyanindependentratingservicethatfocusesonawiderangeoffirmsoverabroadspectrumofCSRscreens,whereasalternativemeasuresofCSRfocusonasmallsampleoffirmsoruseanarrowCSRscreen.EachscreenintheKLDdatabaseissummarizedintermsofstrengths(positivevalues)andconcerns(negativevalues).Forinstance,thecommunityscreeniscalculatedonthebasisofstrengths,suchasgenerousgivingorsupportforeducationinthearea,andconcerns,suchasinvestmentcontroversiesornegativeeconomicimpactonthecommunity.
Wecalculateaweightedaverageoftheoverallindextorepresenteachfirm’saggregatelevelofCSR,usingtheweightsdevelopedbyWaddockandGraves(1997).Weusetheseweightstofacilitatecomparisonofresults,andtohighlighttheeffectofadifferentestimationmethodologyonstatisticalinferences.WaddockandGravescalculateweightsusingexpertpanelevaluationsontherelativeimportanceofeachCSRattribute.Weightingsareasfollows:
Employeerelations:
0.168;Product:
0.154;Communityrelations:
0.148;Environment:
0.142;Treatmentofwomenandminorities:
0.136;Nuclearpower:
0.089;Militarycontracts:
0.086;SouthAfrica:
0.076.Oursampleextendsfrom1993to2000andincludesdataonmorethan600U.S.firms.Weassessfinancialperformanceusingbothaccounting(returnonassets,orROA)andmarket-based(commonstockreturns)measuresfromCompustat.
Previousstudiesoftherelationshipbetweenfinancialperformanceandsocialresponsibilityhavefailedtocontrolforunobservablecharacteristicsinpaneldatathatdifferbetweenfirmsbutareconstantovertime.Forexample,variablessuchascorporatecultureormanagerialinfluencemaybesignificantdeterminantsofCSRactivity.Usingafixedeffectsregressionmodelallowsustoestimatetheeffectsoftheindependentvariablesonthedependentvariablewhilecontrollingfortheeffectofunobservedvariables.
TheregressionresultssuggestalinkbetweenCSRandfinancialperformance.Aninterestingquestionarisesastothenatureofcausality,ifany,betweendoing‘‘good’’throughgreaterCSRactivityanddoing‘‘well’’financially.Doesgoodfinancialperformancecauseafirmtobecomemoresociallyresponsible,ordoesahighlevelofCSRleadtosubsequentsuperiorfinancialperformance?
GoodfinancialperformancemayresultinmoreresourcesbeingavailableforthepursuitofCSRgoals.AhighlevelofCSRmayattracttheattentionofinvestorsorcustomersormotivateemployeestoperformbetterandreducecosts,boostingfinancialperformance.Anotherpossibilityisthata‘‘virtuouscircle’’exists,andthecausalityrunsinbothdirections.
Beforediscussingourresults,acommentonmodelspecificationisinorder.ThetypicalproblemthatarisesinOLSregressionwhenlaggeddependentvariablesareincludedasregressorsisserialcorrelationintheerrorterm,renderingtheparameterestimatesbiasedandinconsistent.WetestforthisusingthemethodofMaddala(1971)andfindthatserialcorrelationisnotaprobleminourmodel.
HarrisonandFreeman(1999)notethatresearchonCSRhasovertimefocusedmoreonspecificmeasuresofsocialresponsibility,andlessontheaggregatesocialperformancemeasure.Forinstance,HillmanandKeim(2001)separatesocialperformanceintotwocomponents:
stakeholdermanagemen
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