Legitimacy through CSR disclosures? The advantage outweighs the disadvantages

On the one hand, CSR is regarded as a means to strengthen legitimacy; on the other hand, stakeholders might become skeptical and distrust CSR disclosures. We develop a model by assuming that CSR disclosures both directly increase and indirectly decrease a company’s legitimacy. The experimental study (N = 233) tests this CSR dilemma model by using three CSR disclosures of a commodity trading company as the stimuli, ranging from low to high communicated CSR engagement. The SEM reveals that the extent of communicated CSR has a positive effect on corporate legitimacy despite a high degree of stakeholder skepticism.+ ID der Publikation: hslu_75854 + Art des Beitrages: Wissenschaftliche Medien + Jahrgang: 42 + Sprache: Englisch + Letzte Aktualisierung: 2020-06-25 12:05:4