TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of political orientation on corporate social (ir)responsibility. In specific, it investigates CEO political liberalism, and its moderation with government political liberalism on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate social irresponsibility (CSIR).Design/methodology/approach Panel regression analysis was conducted using 3,136 firm-year observations of 751 CEOs in the USA.Findings Results show that the effects of CEO liberalism are positive on CSR and negative on CSIR. During the reign of a democrat president, however, CEO political liberalism shows different impacts on CSR and CSIR. Interactions between the same political orientations are negatively associated with CSR, but not significantly associated with CSIR.Originality/value The primary contribution of this paper is in presenting the interactive effects of external environment and CEO attributions on CSIR.
VL  - 58
IS  - 2
SN  - 0025-1747
DO  - 10.1108/MD-06-2019-0713
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2019-0713
AU  - Jeong Nara
AU  - Kim Nari
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - The effects of political orientation on corporate social (ir)responsibility
T2  - Management Decision
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 255
EP  - 266
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -