• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1117-1126
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• 2022

This study analyzed the effect of Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) score on information asymmetry from the perspective of investors, who are important stakeholders of the company. For KOSPI-listed companies from 2017 to 2020, the effect of ESG overall score and each item score (E, S, G) on the bid-ask spread, which is a proxy for information asymmetry, was confirmed. The results are as follows. First, the increase in corporate CSR activities resulted in lowering information asymmetry of investors. It was found that the higher the ESG score, an indicator of CSR activity, the lower the bid-ask spread, which is a proxy variable for information asymmetry. Second, as a result of analysis using ESG scores for each section, information asymmetry decreased as companies with higher scores in the environmental (E) and social (S) aspects, while the governance (G) score did not have a statistically significant effect. The analysis confirmed that corporate CSR activities can contribute to improving market efficiency by resolving information asymmetry of investors and convergence of the stock market into a state of equilibrium. This means that the company's CSR activities are reflected in the investment decision-making, which suggests that the company should consider the investor as a stakeholder in decision-making related to CSR activities.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.60-72
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• 2022

The environmental, social, and governance (ESG) score is gaining recognition as important nonfinancial investment criteria. With climate change emerging as a global issue, energy companies must pay attention to the ESG impact on corporate performance. In this study, the ESG impact on the performance of energy companies was analyzed based on 23 companies selected from the S&P 500. The panel corrected standard error methodology was used. The Refinitiv ESG score was the independent variable, and financial performance metrics, such as Tobin's Q, return on assets, and return on equity, were the dependent variables. It was found that the ESG score is positively associated with long-term corporate value but not with short-term profitability in the electricity utility industry. Among the subcategories of ESG, the environmental and social scores also showed positive correlations with long-term corporate value. A direct incentive policy is recommended that can offset expenses for ESG activities to reduce carbon emission in the energy sector.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.103-123
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• 2022

Purpose - This study investigates the effects of earnings management, related party transactions between chaebol affiliates on earnings management and ESG score on their profitability using return on assets (ROA). Design/Methodology/Approach - We use data including ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) score of the Korea Corporate Governance Service(KCGS), and financial data of 10,145 firm-year observations from the Total Solution 2000 (TS 2000) and Korea Companies-Information Service (KOKOInfo), and apply the finite lagged models to investigate the long-term effects of related party transactions between chaebol affiliates of earnings management on ESG scores and corporate performance. Furthermore, to take into consideration the simultaneous mutual effects on each other of main variables, we introduce finite distributed lags of five years. Findings - First, ESG-rated firms have a higher total asset return than non-ESG-rated firms. Second, chaebol firms have a higher profitability than non-chaebol firms. Third, profit management of related party transactions between affiliates within a chaebol has a positive effect on the short-term profitability and a negative effect on the long-term profitability. Fourth, chaebol ESG firms have a lower impact on profitability due to rating up (down) than non-chaebol ESG firms. Research Implications or Originality - Based on the above results, it can be concluded that firms used related party transactions for earnings management, the effects of related party transactions change over time, and chaebol firms manipulate earnings through related party transactions and ESG scores.

• 분석과 대안
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.87-115
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• 2024

본 연구는 중국 민영기업의 R&D 투자가 경영성과와 기업가치에 미치는 영향을 확인하고 있다. 기업은 R&D 투자를 통해 지식 및 기술자원을 확보하고, 이를 통해 혁신과 경쟁 우위를 창출하여 궁극적으로 기업의 성과와 가치를 높이는 것을 목표로 한다. 그러나 R&D 투자는 다른 투자와 다르게 높은 조정비용과 위험을 지니고 있으며, 불확실성과 비대칭 정보를 수반하는 특징을 지니고 있다. 또한, 기업이 처한 다양한 내외부의 상황적 요인으로 인하여 R&D 투자가 경영성과와 가치에 미치는 영향은 혼재된 결과를 보여주고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 최근 주목받고 있는 기업의 ESG 활동이 R&D 투자의 결과에 어떠한 상황적인 요소로 작용하는지를 고려하고자 한다. ESG 활동을 통한 이해관계자들과의 상호작용은 기업의 경쟁 우위 확보와 더불어 지속 가능한 성장을 위한 중요한 요인으로 평가받고 있기 때문이다. 이러한 배경에서 본 연구는 기업의 R&D 투자가 경영성과에 미치는 영향을 재무적인 성과와 기업가치로 각각 나누어서 측정하며, 그 관계에서 ESG 성과지수의 조절효과를 확인한다. 2010년부터 2019년까지 중국 전체 민영기업을 대상으로 실증 분석한 결과, 기업의 R&D 투자는 재무적인 성과에 부정적인 영향을, 그리고 기업가치에는 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것을 보여준다. 또한, 높은 민영기업의 ESG 평가지수는 각각의 관계를 긍정적으로 조절하는 결과를 보여주며, ESG 활동의 중요성을 강조하고 있다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2019

This paper examines how corporate social responsibility is related to the degree of asymmetric information in the Korean financial market. Recent theory argues that there is a negative relationship between a firm's corporate social responsibility and its information asymmetry. To test this hypothesis, we use the environment, social and governance (ESG) score, published by the Korean Corporate Governance Service, to proxy a firm's management practices toward socially responsible activities. In the entire sample of the Korean firms, we find contrasting results; the ESG score shows negative relationships with the price impact measure but statistically insignificant relationships with the dispersion of analyst forecasts. However, the ESG score shows negative relationships with both measures when we exclude chaebol affiliates from the sample. These findings are robust when we examine environmental, social and corporate governance scores separately. This set of results argues for the extant theory, expecting a negative relationship between a firm's engagement in corporate social responsibility and asymmetric information. It further argues for the importance of firm characteristics in determining the influence of socially responsible activities.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.89-105
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• 2024

본 연구는 ESG 활동의 효과성을 마케팅 관점에서 접근하여, ESG 활동이 기업의 브랜드 가치에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 살펴보는 데 목적이 있다. 본 연구는 2016년부터 2022년까지 코스피와 코스닥에 상장된 기업을 대상으로 실증 분석을 실시하였다. 본 연구의 실증 분석 결과를 보면, 첫 번째, ESG 활동 개별 분석에서 E(환경)와 G(지배구조)는 브랜드 가치에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였다. 두 번째, 환경 분야에서는 이해관계자 대응이 브랜드 가치와 유의한 정(+)의 관계가 나타났고 지배구조 분야에서는 이사회가 브랜드 가치와 유의한 정(+)의 관계가 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 ESG 활동이 브랜드 가치를 올리는 데 선행적으로 행해져야 할 중요한 활동임을 증명하는 논리적 근거를 제시할 수 있다. ESG 활동 중에서도 환경 분야의 이해관계자 대응 활동과 지배구조 분야의 이사회 관련 사항이 브랜드 가치를 올리는 데 중요한 역할을 하다는 것을 밝혀내었다. 또한 마케팅 분야에서도 ESG 활동의 중요성을 연구하는데 마중물 역할을 할 것으로 기대한다.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.99-139
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• 2024

In this study, the library ESG evaluation indicators specialized for libraries were developed, and based on which, a survey was conducted targeting the actual libraries to evaluate the ESG level of libraries. As a result of the study, first, among the ESG evaluation indicators, the indicators of the social field and the governance field are demonstrating high in which field of the library's ESG evaluation indicators will appear the highest. The social area's high score of 3.70 seems to be because the protection of users' rights, occupational safety, and contribution to society and the local community are very closely related to the original role of the library. Second, it may be seen that there is a difference between the questions in the corporate governance part, while the averages are the same. In the case of library's cooperation, it turned out that it was 3.94 in the necessity evaluation of the evaluation indicators, but it was lowered to 3.61 in the actual library situation evaluation. Meanwhile, in connection with the activities of the director of library and the board of directors, it may be seen that the index evaluation increased from 3.32 to 3.58 in the actual evaluation.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.155-168
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• 2020

오늘날 기업의 사회적 책임활동에 대한 사회적 인식이 증대됨에 따라 기업의 재무적·비재무적 성과에 미치는 영향력에 관한 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 그러나 대부분의 연구는 금융 기업이 아닌 제조업, 서비스업 같은 비금융기업을 대상으로 하고 있다. 이에 따라 본 연구는 금융 기업을 대상으로 기업의 사회적 책임활동이 기업의 이익지속성에 미치는 영향에 대해 연구하였다. 본 연구는 우리나라 상장 기업의 ESG 등급의 환산점수를 기업의 사회적 책임활동에 대한 변용변수로 하여 기업의 당기 이익지속성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 이러한 분석에 따라 본 연구는 사회적 책임활동의 변용변수인 ESG 점수 중 ESG 지배구조 점수가 당기 이익지속성에 대하여 유의하다는 결과를 도출하였다. 또한 금융기업을 6개의 세부 업종으로 분류하여 동일한 연구를 진행한 결과 은행업에서 ESG 지배구조 점수가 당기 이익지속성에 대해 전체표본을 대상으로 분석하였을 때 보다 높은 수준의 유의성을 보였다. 이러한 분석을 통해 지배구조의 건전성과 신뢰성이 기업의 이익 지속성에 긍정적 영향을 미친다는 것을 알 수 있다.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.153-166
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• 2022

Purpose - ESG(Environmental, Social and Governance) rating is an indicator to predict the sustainable development and long-term value creation of enterprises, which is becoming more and more important. This study divided the ESG rating into each sector(E, S and G) to identify which ESG elements are effective in enhancing enterprise value according to the characteristics of the enterprise, which is different from previous studies. Design/methodology/approach - In this study, Bloomberg ESG Disclosure Score was used to empirically analyze the relationship between ESG ratings and corporate value by taking the listed companies of China's Shanghai Composite Index from 2017 to 2020 as the object. Findings - First, the relationship between ESG ratings and enterprise value shows a statistically significant positive correlation, which supports the results of previous studies. Second, the analysis results from the classification of ownership structure of enterprises (state-owned enterprises and non-state-owned enterprises) show that compared with state-owned enterprises, the ESG ratings of non-state-owned enterprises is more closely related to enterprise value. Third, the analysis of various industries (manufacturing and non-manufacturing) shows that compared with manufacturing, ESG scores of non-manufacturing has a more positive effect on enterprise value. Lastly, the analysis by industry type (heavy-contaminated companies, non-contaminated companies) confirmed that ESG scores of non-contaminated companies has a positive effect on corporate value than heavy-contaminated companies. Research implications or Originality - This study classified ESG evaluation grades(E, S and G) for listed companies in China and analyzed in detail how they affect corporate value according to corporate characteristics, drawing implications for what ESG indicators should be focused on to increase corporate value.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.31-43
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• 2018

Purpose - We examine how a Korean retail firm's social responsibility is related to its financial performances. The traditional view of corporation expects a negative relationship, while the stakeholder theory expects a positive one. Research design, data, and methodology - We adopt the ESG score, published by Korean Corporate Governance Service to measure the level of socially responsible activity for the Korean retail firms. The ordinary least square method is adopted to investigate this relationship. The publicly traded retail firms are examined from 2011 to 2016. Results - We find that the total ESG score is negatively related to ROE but shows no statistically significant relationship with ROA and Tobin's Q value. However, a firm's environmental score is negatively related with both of ROE and ROA. Its social score is no conclusive relationship with the performance measures. The governance score is negatively related to the value of Tobin's Q. Conclusions - This paper generally supports the traditional view of corporate theory, especially in terms of ROE. This evidence is not well aligned with the existing study for Korean corporations generally documenting positive relationships. We find almost no empirical evidence supporting the stakeholder theory of corporation in the Korean retail industry.