dc.contributor.author | Benlemlih, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Shaukat, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Qiu, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Trojanowski, G | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-28T13:05:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08-25 | |
dc.description.abstract | We examine the link between a firm’s environmental (E) and social (S) disclosures and measures of its risk including total, systematic, and idiosyncratic risk. While we do not find any link between a firm’s E and S disclosures and its systematic risk, we find a negative and significant association between these disclosures and a firm’s total and idiosyncratic risk. These are novel findings and are consistent with the predictions of the stakeholder theory and the resource based view of the firm suggesting that firms which make extensive and objective E and S disclosures promote corporate transparency that can help them build a positive reputation and trust with its stakeholders, which in turn can help mitigate the firm’s idiosyncratic/operational risk. These findings are important for all corporate stakeholders including managers, employees, and suppliers who have a significant economic interest in the survival and success of the firm. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | First Online: 25 August 2016 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10551-016-3285-5 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/22774 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag (Germany) | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-016-3285-5 | |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Publisher's policy. | en_GB |
dc.rights | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Springer Verlag via the DOI in this record. | |
dc.title | Environmental and Social Disclosures and Firm Risk | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-4544 | |
dc.description | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1573-0697 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Business Ethics | en_GB |