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Monday, May 20, 2013

Topics: corporate responsibility

Economics, Pethokoukis

Study: Firms founded by Dems more likely to be ‘socially responsible’ — and less valuable

James Pethokoukis | January 4, 2013, 2:18 pm

From  the study “Are Red or Blue Companies More Likely to go Green? Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility” (via the American Economic Association annual meeting): We examine whether the political leanings of a firm’s stakeholders affect its behavior in terms of … read more >

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Holman Jenkins: Businesses care more about their reputation with customers than they actually care about their customers

Mark J. Perry | November 1, 2012, 4:49 pm

From Holman Jenkins’ article in yesterday’s WSJ, “Hug a Price Gouger“: Hurricane Sandy not only confronted businesses with biblical helpings of wind and rain. Many had to ask themselves whether they wanted to be perceived as price gougers. The choice, … read more >

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Target gives $3 million a week to its communities. Doesn’t that mean its prices are too high, or its wages too low?

Mark J. Perry | August 8, 2012, 11:21 pm

The Minneapolis-based Target Corporation makes a big deal about its “caring for the community” and brags on its website and in its stores that “since 1946, Target has given 5% of our income—which today totals more than $3 million a … read more >

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