How can a ratings-based method for assessing corporate social responsibility (CSR) provide an incentive to firms excluded from socially responsible investment indices to invest in CSR?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 899-905

  Adam, Avshalom Madhala ^a   Shavit, Tal ^a  

^a College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Corporate social performance; Corporate social responsibility; Ethical investment; Financial performance; Social responsible investment; Theory of SRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049110070     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9600-4     Document Type: Review

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