dc.contributor.author | Akhter, Fahmida | |
dc.contributor.author | Mohammad Rokibul, Kabir | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-24T03:10:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-24T03:10:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, vol.8(2), 2018, pages 125-136 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2231-7090 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2232-1543 (online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/54457 | |
dc.description | Link to publisher's homepage at http://ijbt.unimap.edu.my | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper is intended to examine the ways good governance accelerates company
attitudes towards social responsibility. Social Responsibility Expenditure is considered as
the proxy of the level of social responsibilities of the companies. Data of eighteen listed
banks are selected randomly for five years span ranging from 2012 to 2016 to conduct
the study. Descriptive Statistics and Multiple Regression are used as the methods of
analysis. The study revealed that the Government shareholding is a variable that
positively influences firms’ social behavior. Increased government involvement generates
pressures for firms to invest more for the benefit of the society as government is the body
trusted by general public. Independent or non‐executive directors act as a monitor and
balanced mechanism to control behavior of authority. Research reveals that the firms
containing board with more number of independent directors seem more socially
responsible. The analysis also reveals that the ownership concentration is negatively
associated with CSR practices of firm. It implies that firms where shares are not
concentrated in the hand of only a few shareholders rather companies have a large
number of shareholders each holding a small fraction of company’s shares, are more
accountable to public. Therefore, these firms require additional involvement in
community or social development. The study may be useful to the regulatory bodies and
organizations to take corporate governance factors into consideration that might
influence companies focus on accomplishing their duties for the society. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) | en_US |
dc.subject | Corporate Social Responsibility | en_US |
dc.subject | Corporate governance | en_US |
dc.subject | Board independence | en_US |
dc.subject | Ownership concentration | en_US |
dc.subject | Government ownership | en_US |
dc.title | Does Good Governance make the Companies More Socially Responsible? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.url | fahmida.a@eastdelta.edu.bd | en_US |