According to the theory of the existing research, this paper further explores the change process of corporate risk taking caused by corporate social responsibility. In this paper, we examine the effect of corporate social responsibility on corporate r...
According to the theory of the existing research, this paper further explores the change process of corporate risk taking caused by corporate social responsibility. In this paper, we examine the effect of corporate social responsibility on corporate risk taking, based upon the theory of existing research. Based on the new institutional economics, this paper examines the "hidden contract" established between enterprises and external stakeholder groups, demonstrating that the relevant benefits and costs will change as firms fulfill their social responsibilities. Changes in cost and profit will have an impact on the internal resources that determine enterprise risk-taking capacity, and we can then conclude that there is a U-shape relationship between corporate social responsibility and enterprise risk.
Using data from A-share listed companies from 2009-2021, the benchmark regression in this paper verifies the conclusions of this theoretical analysis with empirical results. Subsequently, the paper verifies the robustness of the benchmark regression results by changing indices, explanatory variable tail reduction, time-wise sample regression, systematic GMM, and adding more control variables. Furthermore, the results show that the impact of the risk taking is more affected by internal social responsibility than the external social responsibility of the enterprise, and the relationship between enterprises and heavy-polluting enterprises, multinational enterprises and non-MNCs and private and state-owned enterprises.
The empirical results of this paper show that when the performance level of corporate social responsibility is low, enterprises will consume more internal resources, which will inhibit the risk-bearing ability of enterprises. However, if the enterprise insists on fulfilling its social responsibilities, and constantly improve its performance level, after obtaining recognition from the outside world, it will be conducive to improving the risk bearing ability of the enterprise, fulfilling its social responsibility for the enterprise, for the power source other than economic consequences. Moreover, the heterogeneity of corporate social responsibility and corporate risk taking shows that, relatively speaking, the risk assumption of heavy polluting industry enterprises, non-multinational enterprises and state-owned enterprises is not highly sensitive to enterprises to fulfill social responsibility. As a result, enterprises lack the motivation to fulfill their social responsibilities, which needs to be stimulated by the government.