According to agency theory, board of directors plays an important monitoring role in reducing information asymmetry and increasing the transparency of financial statements and social responsibility. This research is concerned with examining board diversity and social responsibility of the firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2011-2015. To do so, a sample of 98 firms was se...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of corporate governance (CG), corporate social responsibility (CSR) and their interactive effect on the value of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange. For this purpose, the data of 194 companies listed on this stock exchange, which was selected using a systematic elimination method, from 2011-2017 were collected and analyzed using ...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has evolved in both theory and practice over the past 60 years.3 In the 1980s, Peter Drucker referred not only to the compatibility between profitability and social responsibility, but also to the idea that a corporation ought to convert its social responsibilities into business opportunities.4 In the 1990s, CSR evolved into corporate citizenship and embrac...

Today’s corporations are increasingly implementing responsible behaviours as they pursue profit-making activities. A thorosugh literature review suggests that there is a link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) or corporate social performance (CSP) and financial performance. In addition, there are relevant theoretical underpinnings and empirical studies that have often used other conc...

The Balanced Scorecard is a management tool that supports the successful implementation of corporate strategies on the basis of performance indicators linked with causal chains. It has been discussed and considered widely both in practice and research. By linking operational and nonfinancial corporate activities through causal chains to the firm’s long-term strategy the Balanced Scorecard allow...