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The impact of corporate social responsibility on financial performance: Evidence from Insurance firms

Khartic Rao Manokaran · Suresh Ramakrishnan · Sanil S. Hishan · Khairiah Soehod

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Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Corporate Identity and Reputation Corporate Governance and Financial Management

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The field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been growing very exponentially over the past decade.There are continuous opposing views of the role of the firms in society and disagreements as to whether wealth maximization should be the sole goal of any corporations out there.With Insurance companies facing and fulfilling in the intense demand of diverse stakeholders, this study explores the impact of CSR disclosures on Financial Performance among the listed domesticowned companies in Malaysian insurance sector.Although CSR is a hot topic in Malaysia and throughout various industries, no detailed study has been conducted to ascertain whether Malaysian insurance companies derive any benefits therefrom.The study examines the impact of CSR on financial performance using an extensive content analysis method on annual reports from 13 domestic-owned Malaysian insurance companies over the past 9 years (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017).The content analysis data is further transformed into GRI CSR Disclosure Index table before matching the findings against the Financial Performance indicators (return on assets (ROA), return on equities (ROE) and earnings per share (EPS)).The relationship between CSR and ROA, ROE and EPS is tested using correlation analysis.The results indicate significant relationship between CSR disclosure and Financial Performance; designates CSR has significant impact on ROA; whereas relationship between CSR and ROE & EPS is found to be insignificant.The study suggests and indicates that insurance companies in Malaysia ought to carry out efforts continually in a bigger scale so that their CSR activities are more aligned with the reporting regulatory standards as well as to bring a positive impact in the current prospect.In addition, the remedial action proposed by Bursa Malaysia from year 2016 is expected to improve the findings of this study and bring a tremendous improvement to the exiting regulatory guidelines.

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