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The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Performance: The Case of United Kingdom’s Companies

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  • Amara Tijani
  • Ncib Adel

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Purpose: The purpose of this article is to look at how Corporate Social Responsibility affects financial performance. Design/methodology/approach: The information used comes from a database of 97 companies that spans the years 2012 through 2020 (873 observations). Multiple regressions is the statistical instrument, and management quality is employed as a control variable. A principal component analysis revealed that EFP is one-dimensional, whereas CSR has three dimensions: ERL (Economic-Legal Responsibility), ERR (Environmental Responsibility), and EPR (Environmental Policy Responsibility) (Ethical-Philanthropic Responsibility). The study demonstrates and evaluates CSR's favorable impact on EFP. Findings: According to the research results, the established evaluation model is used to comprehensively explore the effects of CSR on company performance. The experimental results show that in the 4 models selected, the CSR variable has a positive impact (0.084; 0.076; 0.055 and 0.29 respectively). However, it is statistically significant at the α

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  • Amara Tijani & Ncib Adel, 2022. "The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Performance: The Case of United Kingdom’s Companies," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(3), pages 53-66.
    • Handle: RePEc:ers:ijebaa:v:x:y:2022:i:3:p:53-66
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    1. Lucian Bebchuk & Alma Cohen & Allen Ferrell, 2009. "What Matters in Corporate Governance?," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 22(2), pages 783-827, February.
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