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Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Standards Utilization And Influences On Their Adoption, Julie Beckel Nelsen
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Standards Utilization And Influences On Their Adoption, Julie Beckel Nelsen
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Many organizations disclose non-financial operations through a formal corporate social responsibility (CSR) or sustainability report assessing how the firm’s actions impact the environment, humanity, society, and economy. These publicly available reports offer detailed data to stakeholders, and they can guide companies to improve operations, reduce costs, and advance sustainability. Yet, no required disclosure or disclosure method exists for U.S.-based firms, and comparison and evaluation of impact without a standard are problematic. Using Minnesota’s Fortune 500 firms as the sample, this study determined the state of reporting CSR using a standard and determine the influences to adopting CSR reporting standards within …