This document summarizes 4 studies on the relationship between CEO compensation and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
The first study found that pay-performance sensitivity increases the relevance of negative consequences from poor social performance. The second used a large sample to show environmentally friendly firms pay CEOs less and rely less on incentive pay.
The third examined over 11,000 firm-years and found that lagging CSR adversely affects total and cash compensation. An increase in CSR leads to decreases in both types of pay.
The fourth covered over 5,700 firms from 1992-2006 and showed that non-equity stakeholder incentives decrease leverage and increase cash holdings, after controlling for other factors.
This document summarizes 4 studies on the relationship between CEO compensation and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
The first study found that pay-performance sensitivity increases the relevance of negative consequences from poor social performance. The second used a large sample to show environmentally friendly firms pay CEOs less and rely less on incentive pay.
The third examined over 11,000 firm-years and found that lagging CSR adversely affects total and cash compensation. An increase in CSR leads to decreases in both types of pay.
The fourth covered over 5,700 firms from 1992-2006 and showed that non-equity stakeholder incentives decrease leverage and increase cash holdings, after controlling for other factors.
This document summarizes 4 studies on the relationship between CEO compensation and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
The first study found that pay-performance sensitivity increases the relevance of negative consequences from poor social performance. The second used a large sample to show environmentally friendly firms pay CEOs less and rely less on incentive pay.
The third examined over 11,000 firm-years and found that lagging CSR adversely affects total and cash compensation. An increase in CSR leads to decreases in both types of pay.
The fourth covered over 5,700 firms from 1992-2006 and showed that non-equity stakeholder incentives decrease leverage and increase cash holdings, after controlling for other factors.
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Compensation social related data from performance. firm proxy statements. -pay- performance sensitivity increases the relevance of potential negative consequences of poor social performance 2 Francoeur, C., Melis, A., Environmental Theory: Dependent Variable 520 large environment This study use Gaia, S., & Aresu, S. stewardship, a Stewardship the 2009 CEO listed firms friendly firms a large of (2017). Green or Greed ? stakeholder- theory compensation pay their CEOs sample and An Alternative Look at enlarged view of less total using different stewardship Model: The proportion compensation model instead CEO Compensation and theory, and OLS regression and rely less on of model jones Corporate institutional models with Environmental NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 Commitment. Journal of theory to analyze industry-fixed of incentive-based incentive-based Business Ethics, 140(3), the relationship effects compensation and compensation 439–453. between CEO total compensation. than https://doi.org/10.1007/s compensation and environment 10551-015-2674-5 firms’ careless firms. environmental Independent This negative commitment variable: relationship is Environmental stronger in performance (EP). institutional contexts where national environmental regulations are weaker. 3 Cai, Y, Jo, H., & Pan, C. examine the Theory: Independent 11,215 firm- the lag of CSR This study (2011). Vice or Virtue? impact of corpo- agency theory variable: estimated year (1,946 adversely The Impact of Corporate rate social CSR index from firms) affects both total Social Responsibility on responsibility first-stage observations compensation Executive (CSR) on CEO regressions during the and cash compensation period of compensation, Compensation. Journal Dependent Variable 1996–2010, after controlling of Business Ethics, : employee relation, for various firm 104(2), 159–173. and use industry- and board https://doi.org/10.1007/s median employee characteristics. 10551-011-0909-7 relation as an Our estimates instrument (pg170) show that an interquartile increase in CSR is followed by a 4.35% (2.78%) decrease in total (cash) compensation NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 4 F.Yang. (2015). Corporate how such Theory: The impact of CSR covers the that non-equity Social Responsibility incentives affect Stakeholder residual incentive period from stakeholder and Managerial firm leverage and Theory on LEVERAGE 1992 to 2006 incentives Incentives, (August). cash holding Shareholder for 5727 decrease Theory The impact of CSR firms leverage and total incentive on increase cash LEVERAGE holding, after The impact of CSR controlling for residual incentive CEO managerial on CASH incentives and other firm The impact of CSR characteristics total incentive on CASH This 5 Vromen, A. (2012). The effect a relationship agency theory Control variables : 584 U.S. larger firms of incentive between CEO and stakeholder firm size, firm age, firms over have better CSP compensation on compensation and theory industry sector and the years and that older corporate social corporate social risk (pg23) 2003 until firms have performance. performance. 2010 worse CSP. CSP has increased during the financial crisis, although a causal relationship between the two could not be established 6 Macdonald, T. (2016). CEO relation between Agency theory Dependent 1995-2010 delta has no Wealth Sensitivity and CEO variable: significant Corporate Social compensation Ceo Compensation effect on CSR Responsibility. structure and firm rating, while Independent vega has a variable: strong causal NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 corporate social Firm Performance relation with responsibility CSR (CSR) 7 Rekker, S. A. C., Benson, K. examine the Agency Theory Dependent 1988 firms disaggregation L., & Faff, R. W. (2014). relation between Variables: with 12,311 of CSR into its Journal of Economics corporate social Salary, Bonus, firm-year components and Business Corporate responsibility Long term observations matters. We (CSR) and CEO compensation and document social responsibility and compensation Total evidence CEO compensation compensation. suggesting that revisited: Do while employee disaggregation , market relations, the stress , gender matter ? environment Journal of Economics and diversity are and Business, 72, 84– important, 103. generally, https://doi.org/10.1016/j. community and jeconbus.2013.11.001 product quality are not.both times of crisis and gender matter. Once they are accounted for interactively in the model, the general relationship between CSR and CEO compensation weakens 8 Davidson, R. H., & Smith, A. the role of Agency Theory Dependent : Ceo a large CSR scores in (2016). CEO individual CEOs compensation sample of firms with Materialism and in explaining firms materialistic NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 Corporate Social corporate social Independent: Firm CEOs are Responsibility, 0–69. responsibility Performance unrelated to (CSR) scores. We profitability on average; however this association is decreasing in CEO power. 9 Cooper, E. (2017). Corporate to explore the support for the Dependent a large Firms with social responsibility , research question stakeholder variable: CEO sample of better social gender , and CEO whether corporate theory of CSR turnover firms over a performance turnover. social and does not 21-year have higher responsibility support period from rates of CEO https://doi.org/10.1108/ (CSR) and gender entrenchment 1992 to 2013 turnover, MF-02-2016-0049 influence the theory taken from performance likelihood of firms cross- notwithstanding. CEO turnover listed in the Further, for ESG STATS, firms with Execucomp, decreasing and financial Compustat performance, it databases. is more likely they will replace their CEO if they have strong CSR vs firms with weak CSR records 10 Miles, P. C., & Miles, G. to explore Agency Theory CEO remuneration 1000 results indicate (2013). Corporate social whether socially Company companies that companies responsibility and responsible firms performance pulled from identified as executive compensation : recognize the across more good corporate exploring the link, 9(1), potential conflicts than 15 social that come with industries performers do in 76–90. higher levels fact have lower NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 https://doi.org/10.1108/1 ofexecutive levels of 7471111311307822 compensation, executive and thus limit compensation executive pay and there is relative to what is some support being paid in found for a other firms positive relationship between social and financial performance 11 Ju Ahmad, N., Ahmad, J., to examine the Agency Theory Independent companies implies that dual Rashid, A., & Gow, J. impact of CEO Stewardship Variable: CEO listed on the leadership (2017). CEO Duality and duality on Theory duality Main Market structure Corporate Social Corporate Social of Bursa reduces checks Responsibility Dependent Malaysia and balance and Responsibility (CSR) reporting variable: Content from 2008 makes CEOs Reporting : Evidence by public listed analysis until 2013. less accountable from Malaysia, 14(2), companies in to all 69–81. Malaysia. stakeholders. As https://doi.org/10.22495/ for regulators, cocv14i2art7 this study will provide valuable input to assist in their continuous efforts to improve corporate governance and social responsibility practices that may promote the interest of all stakeholders. NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 12 Bezuidenhout, M. L. (2016). The main purpose Agency Theory Dependent secondary there is a The relationship between of the study was Stewardship Variables: The data from the relationship CEO remuneration and to determine Theory components of annual between CEO company performance in whether there is a CEO remuneration reports of 18 remuneration South African state- relationship will be the Schedule 2 and company between CEOs’ SOEs. performance owned entities, remuneration and Independent (mainly an (November). company Variables : inverse performance in Company relationship), South Africa’s performance with no Schedule 2 SOEs. CEO demographic consistent trend Company Size between the constructs 13 Fabrizi, M., & Mallin, C. explore the role of Agency theory the model with sample of both monetary (2012). The role of Chief Executive CSR as dependent 597 US firms and non- CEO’s personal Officers’ (CEOs’) variable over the monetary incentives in driving incentives, split period 2005- incentives have between monetary 2009. an effect on corporate social and non-monetary CSR decisions. responsibility Michele (career concerns, Specifically, Fabrizi, (September). incoming/departin monetary g CEOs, power incentives and designed to entrenchment) in align the CEO’s relation to and corporate social shareholders’ responsibility interests have a (CSR). negative effect on CSR and non-monetary incentives have a positive effect on CSR. NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 14 Heron, N. M. (2016). An examines the Agency theory CEO compensation a sample of no significant Analysis of the relationship Stewardship and CSR US firms for association. then Relationship between between CEO Theory Disclosure the period disaggregate the CEO Compensation and compensation and 2007 through CSR firms by Corporate Social corporate social 2014 disclosure type responsibility and provide Responsibility (CSR) disclosure evidence that: Disclosure Type and type and quality. (1) relative to Quality. non-CSR firms, CEO compensation is lower in firms providing only corporate governance- related CSR disclosures; (2) CEO compensation is higher in firms providing both corporate governance- related and social-related CSR disclosure, as compared to firms providing only corporate governance- related CSR disclosure 15 Isaksson, L. (2010). “ investigated Market Independent firms were found predictive Corporate Social publicly traded Orientation Variable: CSR all listed on support that Responsibility : A Study multi-national Theory the enables NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 of Strategic Management enterprises Communication Stockholm practitioners and and Performance in (MNE’s) on the Timing stock academics to Swedish Firms ”. Bond Stockholm Stock Since exchange and assess how their University School of Exchange represented firm could Business “ Corporate Index Variable: on the Index. structure (how CSR This to specifically Social Responsibility : A Dependent ‘set-up’) their Study of Strategic Variable: Firm external- and Management and Performance The internal Performance in Swedish orientation to Firms ”. Control Variable: increase their Firm Size level of CSR. 16 Al, H., & Mahbub, S. (2017). examines the Agency Theory controlling for f UK the potential of CEO Compensation and relationship governance and FTSE350 assured Sustainability Reporting between firm characteristics, companies sustainability Assurance : Evidence sustainability for 2011– reports in from the UK. Journal of committees and 2015 assessing CEO independent performance in Business Ethics, external assurance sustainability- (0123456789). on the inclusion related tasks, https://doi.org/10.1007/s of sustainability- especially when 10551-017-3735-8 related targets in sustainability CEO metrics are compensation included in CEO contracts. compensation contracts. Overall, our results suggest companies that invest in voluntary assur- ance are more likely to monitor management’s behaviour and NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 be concerned about the achievement of sustainability goals.compensat ion contracts. Sustainability- related 17 Hong, B., Li, Z., & Minor, D. to derive Social network CSR level- top five corporate (2016). Corporate theoretical theory dependent variable executives governance as a Governance and predictions about working at determinant of Executive Compensation the relationship Independent each firm in managerial between corporate variables: the Standard incentives for for Corporate Social gov- ernance and Executive and Poor’s social perfor- Responsibility. Journal the existence of characteristics 500 Index mance, and of Business Ethics, executive Firm characteristics (S&P 500) suggest that 136(1), 199–213. compensation Governance CSR activities https://doi.org/10.1007/s incentives for characteristics are more likely 10551-015-2962-0 CSR. to be beneficial to shareholders, as opposed to an agency cost. 18 Bian, C. (2016). CEO Option aims at examining Tobin’s Q Dependent : 137 largest The results also Incentives, Firm Risk- the effects of executive (by market document Taking and Shareholder Chief Executive compensation capitalisation positive Value: Evidence from Officers’ (CEOs) ) Australian association option incentives Independent: public firms, between CER Australia. on corporate risk- Managerial for the period and CFP only in taking and share Characteristics 2003 to 2012 an industry’s market cooling-off performance period. based 19 Kang, J. (2010). The Influence examine the role Stakeholder Dependent social temporal of Ceo Decision-Making of CEOs and theory Variable: Financial performance difference in and Corporate Strategy corporate Performance data for the financial NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 on Corporate Social diversification on sample firms performance Performance The corporate social Explanatory were and change Influence of Ceo performance Variable : collected in stakeholder Decision-Making and (CSP). Corporate social from the perceptions Corporate Strategy on. performance (CSP) Kinder, toward CSP, can Lydenberg, help researchers Domini uncover fine- (KLD) Social grained Ratings relationships database, between CSP and financial performance. 20 Pastorelli, R. (2014). Master to analyse the link Stakeholder Dependent Using a CEOs is Dissertation CEO between CEOs Theory Variables: sample of 25 negatively Characteristics and Firm characteristics -environmental firms from correlated with CSR practices Author : and score the French their chances to Romain Pastorelli organizational -social score CAC 40 over carry outcomes, a seven-year environmental Advisor : Martin especially CEOs’ Independent period CSR practices. Goossen May 2014, likeliness to carry Variables: 2004 to 2010 the effect of (May), 0–47. out corporate -CEO education CEO https://doi.org/10.13140/ social -Nobility characteristics 2.1.3677.6008 responsibility -political on firm social (CSR) connection and environmental strategy. It also contributes to the literature on corporate social responsibility by identifying the CEO as an important antecedent of NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 firm CSR practices 21 Mohammad, S. (2016). study the Legitimacy The independent 50 top listed companies listed Corporate social Corporate Social Theory variable: company companies in in FTSE4Good disclosure by the top Disclosure (CSD) ownership Malaysia Index and malaysian listed report structure, the age of government- companies. companies or related businesses , or companies were either it is listed in significantly the FTSE4Good positive with Index and extended dependant reports variable of Corporate Social Disclosure (CSD). Environment of workplace and Community were also one of the factors having high information in Extended Report of company samples. 22 Cieślak, K. (2018). Agency Relationship Agency theory The dependent 2465 firm- Type II agency conflicts , executive between Agency variable is the yea, Swedish conflicts compensation conflicts, natural logarithm of listed firms between regulations and CEO pay executive the CEO total pay in the years controlling and ‑ performance compensation 2001–2013 non-controlling regulations and The independent share- holders sensitivity : evidence. CEO variables are are potentially Journal of Management defined as follows: important for NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 and Governance, 22(3), pay‑performance StockRet: the many European 535–563. sensitivity annual stock price companies https://doi.org/10.1007/s return, ROA: return 10997-018-9410-3 on assets NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447
CSR AND EARNING MANAGEMENT
Reference Objectives Theory/ Model Variables Sample Findings Remarks 1 Laux, C., & Laux, V. (2009). analyze the board show that an Board Committees, of directors' increase in CEO CEO Compensation, and equilibrium equity incentives Earnings strategies for does not setting CEO necessarily Management. The incentive pay and increase earnings Accounting overseeing management Review, 84(3), 869-891. financial because directors Retrieved from reporting and adjust their http://www.jstor.org/stab their effects on oversight effort in le/27784197 the level of response to a earnings change in CEO management. incentives 2 Hassen, R. B. E. N. (2014). to examine one of Model: Dependent : French Show that This journal Executive compensation the motivations Model of The absolute value companies executive focusing on and earning that could Dechow and of accruals listed on compensation is few things management, 4(1), 84– encourage Dichev (2002), the SBF determined by the which are managers to modified by Independent: 120, (2007 requirements of -Performance 105. manage the Ball and -The total to 2010) earning (ROI) https://doi.org/10.5296/ij accounting Shivakumar remuneration of Eliminated management. -The size of afr.v4i1.5453 results, namely (2005b). directors financial firm the managerial -The variable institutions It is indicate that -The share remuneration. Jones model remuneration of and firms total leader (Absolute value directors with compensation is -Growth of accruals) missing negatively related -Opportunities Control Variable: data. to the absolute -Cashflows Theory : -Performance value of accruals. -Auditor -agency theory (ROI) Finally 80 -contractual -The size of firm companies political theory -The share leader to be tested -Growth NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 -Opportunities -Cashflows -Auditor 3 Zulfiqar, S., Shah, A., & Butt, Examines the Modified Cross Dependent Variable 53 listed Quality of This journal S. A. (2014). Corporate relationship Sectional Jones : companies corporate focusing on Governance and between quality Model Discretionary Excluded governance has few things Earnings Management an of Corporate accruals financial been found which are Governance and institutions significantly -Performance Empirical Evidence Earnings Independent and firms positively related -Auditor Form Pakistani Listed Management Variable: with with Companies, (January quality of corporate missing discretionary Basically this 2009). Governance data. accruals journal is not which means covering many quality of elements as corporate Hassen, R. B. governance is E. N. (2014) positively and the sample related with is small. earnings management 4 Klerk, M. De, & Villiers, C. Examines one Model: Social Responsible 214 Companies with De. (2018). Corporate type of corporate used a modified Investment and companies better CSR social responsibility and misconduct, Jones’ (1991) CSR performance in Africa performance were earnings management of namely, earnings model as (KIV) by Industry more likely to management specified by engage in EM South African Dechow, Sloan through income companies, (March). and Sweeney increasing https://doi.org/10.4102/s (1995) discretionary ajems.v21i1.1849 accruals. This suggests that managers who inflate earnings may engage in CSR activities to avoid unwanted NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 scrutiny from stakeholders. 5 Chih, H., Shen, C., & Kang, F. To investigate Econometric EM, CSR, Investor 1,653 a firm with CSR (2016). Corporate Social whether the CSR- model protection and firm corporation in mind tends not Responsibility, Investor related features of specific financial s in 46 to smooth Protection, and Earnings 1,653 variables across countries earnings, and Corporate Social corporations in 46 firms of 46 displays less countries had a countries. interest in Responsibility, Investor positive or CSR, Investor Protection, and Earnings negative effect on Protection and Management : Some the quality of Earnings International Evidence, their publicly Management 195 (February released financial avoiding earnings 2008).https://doi.org/10. information losses and 1007/s10551-007-9383- during the 1993– decreases. It is, 7 2002 period. however, prone to engage in more earnings aggressiveness, but this tendency can be mitigated in a country with strong legal enforcement. 6 Yin, J. (2018). The Effects of examines the modified Jones Dependent Variable 2640 firms Chinese firms’ Corporate Social relationship model REM & AEM from year enhanced CSR Responsibility on Real between Chinese Real Earning 2009-2014 generally and Accrual-based firms’ corporate Management and decreases their Earnings Management : social Accrual Earning EM practices. responsibility Management On the contrary, Evidence from China : (CSR) and their state-controlled CSR and Real- and earnings firms and firms Accrual-based Earnings management operating in more Management, (May). (EM) practices. institutionally https://doi.org/10.1111/a NAME: SITI SARAH BINTI ISKANDAR SHAH REG NUMBER: M20181001447 uar.12235 developed regions are more likely to engage in REM, while increasing their CSR activities. These findings provide new evidence that managers in Chinese firms tend to opportunistically adopt CSR practices according to the firm’s institutional environment.
Association Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance With Moderating Effects of Ceo Power: Empirical Evidence From Developing Nation