Journal
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
Volume 158, Issue 1, Pages 25-46Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-017-3732-y
Keywords
Environmental proactivity; Firm profitability; Resource-based theory; Stakeholder theory; Stakeholder orientation
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The impact of socially responsible corporate behavior on economic performance is a major preoccupation of managers today. This article explores the links between narrowly defined constructs: stakeholder orientation, environmental proactivity and profitability, from the perspectives of stakeholder theory and resource-based theory. We collected data on the food and beverage, and household and personal products industries. Using structural equation modeling, this paper makes two contributions. We found a negative link between companies simply having a higher stakeholder orientation and profitability. Importantly, however, environmental proactivity not only had a positive impact on profitability, but also appeared to mediate the relationship between stakeholder orientation and profitability. In other words, if a company is more environmentally proactive, it will be more attentive to a broad array of stakeholders, and this will in turn contribute positively to profitability.
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