The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Operating Performance

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[[abstract]]自1980年代開始,企業社會責任(corporatesocialresponsibility,CSR)逐漸受到社會與企業的重視,有些企業仍將企業社會責任視為公司的負擔,有些企業不知道該如何從事企業社會責任,而台灣在1997年成立社團法人中華民國企業永續發展協會(BCSD),近年來更因發生食安、勞工及環境問題,讓企業社會責任議題在台灣更備受重視,成為大多數企業與人民所認同的價值觀。本研究最主要的目的為以陳振遠和洪世偉(2013)所建?的企業社會責任指?為研究樣本,探討台灣上市公司執行企業社會責任對其公司獲利能力、企業價值及成長力之影響,本研究採用總資產報酬率、淨值報酬率、每股盈餘、營業利益率、稅後淨利率作為獲利能力衡量指標;總資產報酬成長率、淨值成長率、營業利益成長率為成長力衡量指標;Tobin’sQ作為企業價值之衡量指標,將樣本以前後27%(Kelley,1939;Cureton,1957)區分為高低兩組企業社會責任績效,並以平均數檢定針對2010年至2014?台灣上市公司之非金融產業為對象進?分析,探討台灣上市公司高度或低度投入企業社會責任對公司財務績效、成長力與企業價值之影響。實證結果發現,企業社會責任績效前27%的公司的確較後27%的公司有較高的財務績效及企業價值,而在成長率分析方面,則是高投入企業社會責任的公司有較低成長力。總而言之,從本研究中可以發現,企業從事企業社會責任時,起初並沒有立即增加其財務績效,因為推動的初期邊際成本很高,且聲譽基礎低,但隨著投入時間與貢獻越多,邊際成本開始下降,邊際利益開始上升,投入企業社會責任的確能夠增加公司經營績效,不僅為企業帶來良好形象,形成保護傘與企業社會盾的效果(CSRShield;ChenandLee,2017),更提升企業競爭力與企業價值,故本研究支持企業從事企業社會責任。[[abstract]]Theconceptofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR)hasgrowninpopularitysincethe1980s,SomecompaniesstillregardCSRasanunpleasanttask,whileothersdonothowtoexecuteCSRwell.In1997,theBusinessCouncilforSustainableDevelopment(BCSD)wasfoundedinTaiwan.Numerousincidentsrelatedtofoodsafety,laborrightsandenvironmentalprotectioninrecentyearshaveledtoarisingawarenessofCSRacrosssociety,whichhassettleditfirmlyinthemainstream.ThisstudyemployedtheTaiwanCSRIndexdevelopedbyChenandHung(2013),thetopandbottom27%ofthesample(Kelley,1939;Cureton,1957)werecategorizedintotwogroups:companieswithhighlevelsofCSR(high-CSRfirms)andcompanieswithlowlevelsofCSR(low-CSRfirms).Subsequentlyat-testwasconductedtoanalyzethefinancialperformance,growth,andfirmvalueofnon-financiallistedcompaniesinTaiwanfrom2010to2014.Empiricalresultsindicatethatthetop27%ofthesampleperformedsignificantlybetterthanthebottom27%infinancialperformanceandcorporatevalue.While,fromtheperspectiveofgrowthanalysis,thetop27%ofthesampleexhibitlowergrowthforce.ResearchresultsshowthatacompanywillnotreapfinancialrewardsattheinitialphaseofengagementinCSR.ThispointstotheconsiderablemarginalcostacompanyhastopaywhenitstartstoengageinCSR.Withthepassageoftime,however,engagementinCSRhasbeenproventoincreaseafirm’scorporateperformanceandenhanceitscorporateimage(CSRShield;ChenandLee,2017),whileincreasingitscompetitivenessandfirmvalueatthesametime.HencethisstudysupportsbusinessestopursueCSR

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