Research Briefs

RESEARCH BRIEF - Investors who take a longer-term view of value creation encourage companies to improve their environmental and social performance.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Tying executive compensation to corporate citizenship metrics can help improve corporate social performance.

RESEARCH BRIEF - In mergers and acquisitions, acquiring firms are likely to benefit financially when the acquired firm has strong corporate citizenship performance.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Board-level gender diversity is associated with a higher likelihood and higher level of dividend payouts to shareholders.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Companies looking to create inclusive, family-friendly policies should consider offering all employees opportunities to work remotely.

RESEARCH BRIEF - A company is more likely to add a corporate citizenship committee to its board when its headquarters country implements a mandatory non-financial disclosure requirement.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Whether firms adopt LGBTQ+ supportive policies is influenced by a variety of factors including the geographical, political, and legal context.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Being dropped from coverage by a financial analyst may lead to improved corporate citizenship performance.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Firms that appear towards the bottom of “best of” corporate citizenship lists may face negative market consequences.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Brands may be missing the opportunity for two-way communication with consumers when sharing corporate-citizenship related information on social media.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Consistently embedding the importance of ethical behavior into all company policies and procedures (e.g., recruitment, training, and compensation) can reduce the risk of unethical behavior by employees across those and other areas.

RESEARCH BRIEF - When faced with a corporate reputational crisis, consumers are more likely to accept an apology that comes from a single person, especially the CEO.