TY - JOUR
T1 - Corporate charitable giving, multinational companies and countries of concern
AU - Brammer, Stephen J.
AU - Pavelin, Stephen
AU - Porter, Lynda A.
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - This paper investigates the degree to which corporate charitable giving is influenced by a firm's internationalization and/or whether it has operations in one or more countries of concern. For a sample of large UK firms, we find evidence of a positive effect not for internationalization per se, but only for a presence in particular countries. In this connection, the salient country characteristic is a lack of political rights and/or civil liberties, and the positive impact on charitable giving is restricted to a presence in only those countries that are, according to Freedom House indicators, most lacking in this respect. Furthermore, our study highlights a mode of corporate response to stakeholder concerns and pressures - offsetting - that is qualitatively different from those suggested in earlier conceptual literatures.
AB - This paper investigates the degree to which corporate charitable giving is influenced by a firm's internationalization and/or whether it has operations in one or more countries of concern. For a sample of large UK firms, we find evidence of a positive effect not for internationalization per se, but only for a presence in particular countries. In this connection, the salient country characteristic is a lack of political rights and/or civil liberties, and the positive impact on charitable giving is restricted to a presence in only those countries that are, according to Freedom House indicators, most lacking in this respect. Furthermore, our study highlights a mode of corporate response to stakeholder concerns and pressures - offsetting - that is qualitatively different from those suggested in earlier conceptual literatures.
KW - Sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=65349175678&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00827.x
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00827.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00827.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-2380
VL - 46
SP - 575
EP - 596
JO - Journal of management studies
JF - Journal of management studies
IS - 4
ER -