scholarly journals Building a Trustworthy Corporate Identity: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Stance in Annual and Corporate Social Responsibility Reports

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 846-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Fuoli
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Corporate Identity ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility Reports

The future in reports

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Bondi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Corporate Identity ◽  
Frequency Data ◽  
The Future ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility Reports

Company disclosures are often looked at as narrative rather than argumentative or directive texts. And yet “irrealis” statements – references to future or hypothetical processes – do play a role and contribute greatly to the construction of corporate identity. Combining a corpus and a discourse perspective, the paper looks at references to the future in a corpus of CSR (corporate social responsibility) reports. After a preliminary analysis of frequency data, a case study of markers of futurity is presented, focusing on ways of expressing prediction or commitment, together with attitudinal values or evaluations of importance. Keywords and phraseology are studied to highlight how prediction and commitment statements are used to legitimize the company’s (past) conduct.

Micro-loans and financial performance: a case of a Chinese commercial bank

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmine Alam ◽  
Mustapha Ibn Boamah ◽  
Yuheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility Reports ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between a commercial bank’s micro-loaning activity and overall performance over a 10-year period. Design/methodology/approach Quarterly data was obtained from the Wind Database, China Minsheng Banks’s official annual reports and annual corporate social responsibility reports from 2009 to 2019, to test the linear relationship between micro-loan activities and the overall financial performance of the bank. Findings The results of this study empirically demonstrate that there is a positive relationship between increases in micro-loaning activity and the overall performance of the bank. Some key recommendations for the sector are shared in the conclusion of this paper. Originality/value In the financial sector, some corporate social responsibility activities focus on the issuance of micro-loans. It is unclear, however, if this has also served as a means to increase profitability and overall performance for such institutions.

A Textual Analysis of US Corporate Social Responsibility Reports

Abacus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Clarkson ◽  
Jordan Ponn ◽  
Gordon D. Richardson ◽  
Frank Rudzicz ◽  
Albert Tsang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility Reports
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