Open AccessEffects of Activist shareholding on corporate social responsibility reporting Practices: An empirical study in spain
Author(s) -
José Manuel PradoLorenzo,
IsabelMaría GarcíaSánchez,
Isabel GallegoÁlvarez
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cuadernos de difusión
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1815-6606
pISSN - 1815-6592
DOI - 10.46631/jefas.2012.v17n32.01
Subject(s) - shareholder , corporate social responsibility , accounting , business , context (archaeology) , social responsibility , stock market , control (management) , capital market , corporate governance , public relations , economics , finance , management , political science , paleontology , biology
New business practices are mainly characteristic of large firms, especially those quoted on the stock market. Listed companies show a higher commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices because capital markets allow activists to become a firm’s socially oriented shareholders. These actors, although small in number, have a significant influence over other larger block-holders. Recent decades have witnessed a significant increase in societal pressure to control the behavior of companies owing to the risks deriving from the economic, social and environmental effects of their business activity. The aim of this work is to test the effect that CSR activist shareholders have on the decision to disclose corporate social responsibility information in the Spanish context, controlling for the rest of the dimensions in Ullmann’s theoretical framework.