Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Do anticipated government environmental audits promote corporate social responsibility? Evidence from China. |
| Authors: |
Tan, Jianhua1 (AUTHOR), Chan, Kam C.2 (AUTHOR), Niu, Runkai3 (AUTHOR) 853923728@qq.com |
| Source: |
Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Management. Sep2024, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p3884-3901. 18p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Social responsibility of business, *Environmental auditing, *Government policy, Reputation, Special functions |
| Abstract: |
We examine the impact of China's announcements of upcoming government environmental audits (GEAs) on firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR). We hypothesize that firms, especially heavily polluting firms, engage in more CSR to proactively burnish their public image to weather forthcoming adverse outcomes from a GEA. Our baseline findings confirm that firms respond to the government's GEA announcement by engaging in more CSR. Additional analysis suggests that reputation concerns and environmental fines mediate the impact of GEA announcements on CSR. Crossâsectional analyses show that the effect of GEA announcements on CSR is more salient for firms: (1) in a business environment in which GEAs are more effective, (2) that CSR engagement is critically important, or (3) that CSR can serve some special function. Overall, our findings imply that it is generally a good government policy to implement GEAs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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