Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Financial Performance

Consumers are demanding that corporations become more socially responsible. Executives are challenged to maximize shareholders\u27 returns with achieving a favorable corporate citizen status. The research problem was a gap in knowledge and understanding of the impact of corporate social responsibility on financial performance. This study used multiple linear regression to assess the relationship between key indicators of corporate social responsibility and financial performance from 372 corporations in the S&P500 in 2014. The theoretical foundation was Freeman\u27s stakeholder theory. Environment, community, human rights, diversity, employee relations, product quality, and corporate governance were measures of social performance. Return on assets was used to measure financial performance. When corporate social responsibility was evaluated as an aggregate variable, a significant and negative relationship was found in the financial and material sectors. When corporate social responsibility variables were evaluated independently, employee relations and product quality in the healthcare sector, and community in the financial sector, were found to be positively significant. Environment, product quality, and corporate governance in the financial sector, and employee relations in the consumer and energy sectors, were found to be negatively significant. This study revealed that the relationship between some social variables and financial performance are significant, but not always in a positive direction. Practitioners, executives, and managers can use the findings to evaluate their firm\u27s social position, develop strategies to address gaps, and undertake actions to enhance their firm\u27s social performance, thereby creating positive social change in the community

Current trends in glioblastoma multiforme treatment: radiation therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary brain cancer. Even with aggressive combination therapy, the median life expectancy for patients with GBM remains approximately 14 months. In order to improve the outcomes of patients with GBM, the development of newer treatments is critical. The concept of using the immune system as a therapeutic option has been suggested for several decades; by harnessing the body's adaptive immune mechanisms, immunotherapy could provide a durable and targeted treatment against cancer. However, many cancers, including GBM, have developed mechanisms that protect tumor cells from being recognized and eliminated by the immune system. For new immunotherapeutic regimens to be successful, overcoming immunosuppression via immune checkpoint signaling should be taken into consideration

ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONCRETE MIX FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC ( EM ) GROUND PLANE

Conductive concrete mixtures are described that are config ured to reflect , for instance , EM waves propagating from an EM pulser onto the conductive concrete mixture forming a ground plane , rather than absorb or dissipate the electro magnetic energy . The conductive concrete mixtures include cement , aggregate , water , metallic conductive material , and conductive carbon particles

CONCRETE MIX FOR SHOTCRETE APPLICATIONS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING

Conductive concrete mixtures for shotcrete applications are described that are configured to provide varied EM shielding and reflect and/or absorb, for instance, EM waves propagating through the conductive concrete mixture, while providing flowability (e.g., fluidity) for shotcrete applications. The conductive concrete mixtures include cement, aggregate, water, metallic conductive material, and conductive carbon particles and magnetic material. The metallic conductive material may include steel fibers and/ or shavings having sizes suitable for application through shotcrete nozzles/ applicators, and the magnetic material may include a taconite aggregate, such as taconite sand