Cullinan, Charles P.; Mahoney, Lois S.; Roush, Pamela B. - In: Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in …, (pp. 83-110). 2018
We examine the perceived influence of externally generated firm ratings of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on voting for shareholder-sponsored CSR proposals. Using stakeholder and legitimacy theories, we introduce two rationales that relate shareholder voting decisions to the firm’s CSR...