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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2021.vol8.no8.0533

The Relationship Between Demographic Characteristics of Committee Members and Corporate Social Responsibility Commitment: Evidence from Thailand  

JANGKRAJARNG, Varattaya (Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Business Administration, Chiang Mai University)
NUNTI, Chonrada (Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University)
SANTIDHIRAKUL, Orapin (Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Business Administration, Chiang Mai University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.8, no.8, 2021 , pp. 533-539 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to consider the role of women serving in the executive committee of the company and determine how it related to corporate social and environmental responsibilities (CSR and ESR). The data was collected from the 344 companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) between 2013 and 2014. Especially, the CSR and ESR data was collected from the annual report and used to measure activities related to environmental and social responsibilities of companies listed on the SET. This study employed panel analysis regression to analyze the relationship between dependent and independent variables. The results indicated that the role of women who served in the executive committees of companies listed on SET had a positive impact on the social and environmental responsibilities of companies listed on the SET. The Granger causality test showed that the proportion of women holding positions on the board of directors had a statistically significant relationship with CSR and ESR, which is a unidirectional relationship. Moreover, the size of the company and the return to total assets also have a positive significant relationship with the CSR and ESR.
Keywords
Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Environmental Responsibility; Women on Board;
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