Can Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Enhance Firm Performance

Abstract

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one way the responsibility of corporations to investors and stakeholders. This study aims to examine that CSR can enhance firm performance. Research observation consists of 79 manufacturing companies listed in the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) and discloses CSR expenditure in the monetary period 2014-2017. The results of hypothesis testing based on linear regression indicate that CSRt (this year) decreases future firm performance (ROAt + 1).