Research Briefs

When a company shared information about its corporate citizenship activity, prospective employees demonstrated a preference for the nonfinancial benefits of working for the company over the financial ones.

Firms that are efficient in their business operations can further improve the company’s financial performance and reduce risk with good corporate social performance.

When all types of employees are welcomed into the workforce, firms are more innovative. Firms headquartered in states that limit companies’ ability to discriminate base on gender or sexual orientation file more patents and receive more granted patents than firms headquartered in states without such laws.

To attract employees that value corporate citizenship, companies should emphasize their own corporate citizenship values and efforts in their job descriptions.

When a major event or a natural disaster strike’s a firm’s headquarter city, many companies respond by changing their giving priorities.

When employees participate in a company’s corporate giving efforts, both society and the business benefit.

In charitable appeals where donors are presented with default donation amounts, low default amounts increase participation, but reduce overall how much a campaign may raise.

The positive effects of regulatory institutions on CSR responsiveness are weaker on smaller firms and financially strong firms.

Companies that invest more in employee benefits require fewer financial restatements.