Board of directors' confidence and corporate social responsibility

Taufan Bahtera, Sylvia Veronica Siregar

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Abstract

In the light of common practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from listed companies in Indonesia and inclusion of many CSR aspect in annual report disclosure, little is known on factors that influence the decision on CSR activities and disclosures, especially regarding to Board of Directors' characteristics. Specifically, this study aims to examine the effect of director's confidence on CSR. We discussed two main motives of directors in conducting CSR, namely investment and hedging motives. This study use ASSET4's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) to measure CSR, which have not been widely used in CSR previous studies. Investment-based and media-based measurement are used to measure directors' confidence. Total observations of this study are 185 firm-years for the period of 2012 to 2016. This study finds that higher Directors' confidence increases CSR disclosure, which support the investment motive. This result is robust across several sensitivity tests.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 33rd International Business Information Management Association Conference, IBIMA 2019
Subtitle of host publicationEducation Excellence and Innovation Management through Vision 2020
EditorsKhalid S. Soliman
PublisherInternational Business Information Management Association, IBIMA
Pages9357-9366
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9780999855126
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
Event33rd International Business Information Management Association Conference: Education Excellence and Innovation Management through Vision 2020, IBIMA 2019 - Granada, Spain
Duration: 10 Apr 201911 Apr 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 33rd International Business Information Management Association Conference, IBIMA 2019: Education Excellence and Innovation Management through Vision 2020

Conference

Conference33rd International Business Information Management Association Conference: Education Excellence and Innovation Management through Vision 2020, IBIMA 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CityGranada
Period10/04/1911/04/19

Keywords

  • Confidence
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Environmental
  • Governance
  • Social

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