FINANCIAL AND NON FINANCIAL DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Journal Title: Asian Economic and Financial Review - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
Accounting, economic, social and political, and slack resources theories provide different perspectives to addressing corporate social responsibility in relation to disclosure, corporate financial performance e.t.c. This paper aims to identify the determinants financial and non financial of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Jordan .The annual reports determine a sample of 60 industrial companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange for a period from 2006 to 2010 in Jordan were used as a basis for the study. The results of the analysis imply that companies that are expected to be large in size firm, age of firm, maintaining growth and are highly leveraged are more likely to voluntary disclose social responsibility information. The result lends partial support to agency and political economy theories
Authors and Affiliations
Faris Nasif AL- Shubiri| Amman Arab University –Jordan Faculty of Business Department of Finance and Banking Jordan - Amman, Abedalfattah Zuhair Al-abedallat| The World Islamic Sciences University- Jordan Faculty of Finance and Business Department of Economic and Financial Sciences Jordan – Amman, Marwan Mohammad Abu Orabi| The World Islamic Sciences University- Jordan Faculty of Finance and Business Department of Economic and Financial Sciences Jordan – Amman
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