Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society

Volume 5, 1994

Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting

Richard A. Johnson, Daniel W. Greening
Pages 433-444

The Effects of Corporate Governance and Institutional Ownership Types on Corporate Social Performance

This research empically examines the relationship between institutional investors, firm governance devices, and specific dimensions of corporate social performance using the KLD database. Results indicate the importance of institutional investor type as well as specific dimensions of CSP. Board composition and top management team equity are also related to CSP.