Corporate Social Responsibility and cash holdings: Does board gender diversity matter

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Siwar Nasr ◽  
Nadia Lakhal ◽  
Itidel Ben Saad
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Cash Holdings ◽  
Board Gender Diversity ◽  
Corporate Social

Does board gender enhance Palestinian firm performance? The moderating role of corporate social responsibility

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed W.A. Saleh ◽  
Mohammad A.A. Zaid ◽  
Rabee Shurafa ◽  
Zaharaddeen Salisu Maigoshi ◽  
Marwan Mansour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Board Gender Diversity ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose This study aims to examine how the salient board gender diversity among board directors affects firm performance both directly and indirectly, through the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in listed firms on the Palestine Stock Exchange over the period 2010–2017. Design/methodology/approach Based on panel data of 384 observations from all firms listed on the Palestine Security Exchange during the period from 2010 to 2017, this study uses panel data regression to examine the effect of the predictors on firm performance. In addition, to mitigate the endogeneity issue, the analysis was repeated by using one-step generalized method of moments. Findings The results show that board gender diversity has a positive and insignificant influence on firm performance. However, under the moderating effect of CSR, the finding turns from positive insignificant to positive significant. Originality/value The study is timely given that gender diversity plays pivotal roles in determining the performance in terms of monitoring and controlling and further willing to engage in social responsibility. The prior research in Palestine has never investigated the effect of board gender diversity. As such, Palestine has not established a legal quota of minimum female representation on boards, and because of it, the country has weak women’s representation among firms. It, therefore, becomes a necessity to examine the influence of board gender diversity on the financial performance of listed firms in Palestine. Besides, the mixed result in previous literature on the board gender diversity and firm performance indicates that there is an indirect effect that needs alternative explanations.

scholarly journals Impact of Board Gender Diversity on Corporate Social Responsibility and Irresponsibility: Empirical Evidence from France

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4712
Author(s):  
Sonia Boukattaya ◽  
Abdelwahed Omri
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
Board Gender Diversity ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

While prior studies have investigated the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on corporate social responsibility (CSR) commitment, researchers have scantly studied the potentially important relationship between board gender diversity and corporate social responsibility and irresponsibilityseparately. Drawing on the social role theory and feminist ethics, we hypothesizethat board gender diversity is positively associated with CSR and negatively associated with corporate social irresponsibility (CSI).Here, we relied on a sample of French non-financial companies listed on the SBF 120 index between 2011 and 2016. Our results provide evidence on the positive impact of board gender diversity on CSR and the negative one on CSI. We show that women have a stronger impact on reducing CSI than on enhancing CSR. Our findings were robust to the different estimation methods.

Do women on corporate boardrooms have an impact on tax avoidance? The mediating role of corporate social responsibility

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anissa Dakhli
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Corporate Tax ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Board Gender Diversity ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect relationship between board gender diversity and corporate tax avoidance using corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a mediating variable. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a panel dataset of 200 French firms listed during 2007–2018 period. The direct and indirect effects between board gender diversity (BGD) and tax avoidance were tested by using structural equation model analysis. Findings The results indicate that the presence of women on corporate boardrooms negatively affects tax avoidance. The greater the proportion of women in boards, the lower the likelihood of tax avoidance practice. In the mediation test, CSR appears to partially mediate the link between women on boards and corporate tax avoidance. Additional analysis shows that the social dimension of CSR produces this mediating effect. Practical implications The results have practical implications for companies in regulating the composition of their boards. To benefit from diversity, firms have to increase women‘s percentage in their boards of directors. Also, investors are encouraged to pay attention to the percentage of female directors when investing and purchasing shares. Social implications This study proved empirically that the higher proportion of female directors significantly reduces the possibility of tax avoidance either directly or indirectly through enhancing CSR performance. The findings show that firms with gender diversified boards are more likely to get involved in CSR for hedging against the potential consequences of aggressive tax avoidance practices. In light of the above results, firms are well-advised to strongly apply the policy encouraging or mandating women as board members to take advantage of their expected benefits. Originality/value The originality of this paper consists in proposing the establishment of both direct and indirect relationships between BGD and corporate tax avoidance through CSR. Unlike prior studies that have been examining the direct relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and corporate tax avoidance, this study went further to investigate the indirect relationship between these two constructs. This study also differs from prior studies as it examines the effect of BGD on each of constituting pillars of CSR, namely, environmental, social and governance. To date, an extensive part of CSR research has used the combined score of CSR, but the effects on different CSR pillars remain little investigated.

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