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Corporate Social Responsibility in a Corporate Governance Framework

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Yohanes E. Riyanto () (Department of Economics, National University of Singapore)
Linda A. Toolsema () (Department of Economics, University of Groningen,)

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We argue that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) may affect the agency relationship inside a firm. We analyze how CSR and the threat of stakeholder activism influence effort of manager and shareholder, and describe how CSR may arise endogenously in this context. By engaging in CSR the shareholder can commit to less monitoring, increase the manager’s effort, and raise profits. Even a socially indifferent shareholder may thus benefit from CSR and prefer to behave socially responsibly. He may even find it optimal to sponsor a social activist, giving it the means to exert pressure.

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Paper provided by National University of Singapore, Department of Economics in its series Departmental Working Papers with number wp0702.

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Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate governance Stakeholder activism.

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G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Social Responsibility

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