The interactive effects of strategy communication and report integration on investors' reactions to corporate social responsibility measures

Lei Wang and Lei Dong

Advances in accounting, 2025, vol. 68, issue C

Abstract: This study examines nonprofessional investors' reactions to two important factors underlying the disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) measures: report integration and strategy communication. We find that CSR measures in an integrated report appear to affect nonprofessional investors less than CSR measures in a standalone report. Providing strategy communication that conveys CSR strategic objectives and a causal connection between CSR performance and financial performance promotes investors' incorporation of CSR measures into their judgments and decisions. Together, report integration and CSR strategy communication interact to affect investment judgments and decisions, such that the weakened effect of CSR measures in an integrated report is less pronounced when CSR strategy communication is present than when CSR strategy communication is absent. As the interest in CSR reports continues to grow among investors, preparers, auditors, standard setters, regulators, and researchers, this study highlights the interplay between strategy communication and report integration in CSR disclosures.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; Integrated report; Strategy information; Connectivity of information; Causal reasoning; Mindset effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100784

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