CSR and CSI Drivers: Are CEO Founders More Ethical than Common Shareholders and Should Company Responsibility Be Divided

This paper explores key drivers of what makes a company more prone to exercise corporate social responsibility (CSR) and avoid corporate social irresponsibility. We examine key relationships between company age, size and whether the founding CEO is still in power. We hypothesize that CSR decreases as a company ages and grows with time and that founding CEOs are more prone to practice Corporate Social Responsibility and to avoid Corporate Social Irresponsibility. This paper will test our hypotheses, shine light and hopefully, evoke further research on how CEO and firm characteristics effect Corporate Social Responsibility and Irresponsibility.