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One of the major roadblocks in conducting Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (ECSR) research is operationalization of the construct. Existing ECSR measurement tools either require primary data gathering or special subscriptions to proprietary databases that have limited replicability. We address this deficiency by developing a transparent ECSR measure, with an explicit coding scheme, that strictly relies on publicly available data. Our ECSR measure tests favorably for internal consistency and inter-rater reliability, as well as convergent and discriminant validity.
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We thank Don Siegel for his informal review and suggestions to improve this manuscript; we also thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive feedback.
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Rahman, N., Post, C. Measurement Issues in Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (ECSR): Toward a Transparent, Reliable, and Construct Valid Instrument. J Bus Ethics 105, 307–319 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0967-x
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