Fang, Xinwei; Khoo, Joye; Luo, Tianpei; Pathan, Shams; … - 2022
Using CEOs’ exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) as a measure of early-life trauma in their life (termed, famine-CEOs), we find that firms led by famine-CEOs are associated with lower corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Our findings are consistent with the egoism...
