| Title | The CSR-Quality Trade-Off: When can Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Ability Compensate Each Other? |
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| Published in | Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 74, No. 3, p.233-252. ISSN 0167-4544. |
| Author | Berens, G.A.J.M. (Guido); Riel, van C.B.M. (Cees); Rekom, van J. (Johan) |
| Date | 2007-09-01 |
| Language | English |
| Type | article |
| Abstract | This paper investigates under what conditions a good corporate social responsibility (CSR) can compensate for a relatively poor corporate ability (CA) (quality), and vice versa. The authors conducted an experiment among business administration students, in which information about a financial services company’s CA and CSR was provided. Participants indicated their preferences for the company’s products, stocks, and jobs. The results show that for stock and job preferences, a poor CA can be compensated by a good CSR. For product preferences, a poor CA could not be compensated by a good CSR, at least when people thought that CA is personally relevant to them. Furthermore, a poor CSR could be compensated by a good CA for product, stocks, and job preferences. |
| Publication | http://hdl.handle.net/1765/20291 |
| Persistent Identifier | urn:NBN:nl:ui:15-1765/20291 |
| Metadata | XML |
| Repository | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
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