Essays about: "Corporate misconduct"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Corporate misconduct.
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1. Does CSR Performance Impact a Firms' Engagement in Earnings Management?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and earnings management (EM). Specifically, we question whether firms investing in CSR also behave in an ethical manner to constrain EM, or if they engage in CSR as a way to hide corporate misconduct. READ MORE
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2. GOVERNANCE BEYOND BORDERS The Extraterritorial Reach of OECD National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : As increasingly powerful actors in a globalised world, multinational corporations are often able to evade responsibility for human rights violations and other misconduct occurring in their own operations or supply chains. Since courts face limitations when attempting to exert jurisdiction outside of their state territories, state-based non-judicial mechanisms such as the OECD National Contact Points (NCPs) have been established to fill this gap by mediating between corporations and victims of corporate human rights abuses with the aim of providing remedy to the latter. READ MORE
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3. Multinational Corporations: A case of impunity - An argumentation analysis on the parliamentary debate of the Swiss Business Initiative
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the media are constantly drawing attention to human rights violations caused by multinational corporations abroad (MNC). Due to the lack of an adequate framework to hold corporations accountable for their corporate misconduct across borders, there is a liability gap. READ MORE
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4. Did the Stock Market Care About #MeToo? Stock Market Reactions to Sexual Harassment Allegations During the MeToo Movement: A Corporate Reputation and Firm Valuation Perspective
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : Gender equality is still one of the most pressing issues of our time. The struggle for gender equality and the fair treatment of women began in earnest during the suffragette movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. READ MORE
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5. Disclosed corporate misconduct: Do companies change for the better? : Exploring the effects of legal penalties and reputational damage on subsequent changes in CSR performance
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Corporate social responsibility has attracted broad attention of scholars and practitioners over the past decades. However, organizations are at the same time frequently exposed for acts of corporate misconduct, accompanied by media coverage, public disapproval and financial penalties. READ MORE
