Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility: A Comparative Analysis of the UK and the Us

@article{Aguilera2006CorporateGA,
  title={Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility: A Comparative Analysis of the UK and the Us},
  author={Ruth V. Aguilera and Cynthia A. Williams and John Martin Conley and Deborah Elizabeth Rupp},
  journal={CSR \& Management Practice eJournal},
  year={2006},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154823361}
}
This paper argues that key differences between the UK and the US in the importance ascribed to a company's social responsibilities (CSR) reflect differences in the corporate governance arrangements in these two countries. Specifically, we analyse the role of a salient type of owner in the UK and the US, institutional investors, in emphasising firm-level CSR actions. We explore differences between institutional investors in the UK and the US concerning CSR, and draw on a model of instrumental… 
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