Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure
A Global Study of Greenwashing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23324813 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Marquis (0000-0003-0926-0565, Cornell University, corresponding author), Michael W Toffel (0000-0002-1224-9159, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts 02163), Yanhua Zhou (0000-0003-3619-2609, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts 02163) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 483-504 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-7039 • E-ISSN: 1526-5455 |
| Publisher | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1287/orsc.2015.1039 |
| OpenAlex | W3121311011 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 179 |
| References cited | 75 |
Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. We theorize circumstances under which firms are less likely to engage in such selective disclosure, focusing on organizational and institutional factors that intensify scrutiny and expectations of transparency and that foster civil society mobilization. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel data set of 4,750 public companies across many industries that are headquartered in 45 countries during 2004–2007. Results show that firms that are more environmentally damaging, particularly those in countries where they are more exposed to scrutiny and global norms, are less likely to engage in selective disclosure. We discuss contributions to research on institutional theory, strategic management, and information disclosure.
Business · Corporate social responsibility · Economics · Greenwashing · Impression management · Political science · Public disclosure · Public economics · Public relations · Scrutiny · Transparency (behavior) · Accounting · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Law
The price of deception? Greenwashing and firm value through a bibliometric lens
Deconstructing Deception
The undemocratic face of greenwashing and the duty to counter-frame
Concepts and forms of greenwashing
Bridge the gap
Sustainability Science
Co-creation
Mandatory CSR and sustainability reporting
Shades of blue
The influence of greenwashing perception on green purchasing intentions
Willing and Able
Determinants and forecasting of corporate greenwashing behavior
Fostering environmental integrity via investor-focused communications
On the Nature of Corporate Sustainability
Environmental Regulation, Greenwashing Behaviour, and Green Governance of High-Pollution Enterprises in China
Political Label and Selective Information Disclosure
Science-based targets and GHG emissions
All that glitters is not green
From Text to Value
Complex Firms, Controversial Outcomes
Corporate ESG Greenwashing
The Influence of Corporate Sustainability Rating Methodology on Disclosure Behavior
Stimulating Environmentally Responsible Behavior in Electronic Markets
Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Cost of Equity Capital
Regulatory Environmental Awareness and Corporate Greenwashing
Climate Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Carbon Information Disclosure Catering Behavior
Strategic Shift
Greening the Gulf
Strategic Green Behavior
Costly Signals and Cheap Talk
ESG Decoupling Phenomenon
Navigating the ESG Paradox
ESG Measurement and Ratings Divergence
Paying for Privilege
From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy
Not All Green Lies Are Equal
Do Sustainability Committees Mitigate or Exacerbate ESG Decoupling?
Executive Changes and ESG Disclosure in S&P 500 Firms
Symbolic or Substantive Action
The Effect of ESG Disclosure on Firm Performance
Talking the Walk
The Impact of Generative AI on the Perpetuation and Detection of Greenwashing in Sustainability Reports
Beyond ESG Scores
Responsible use of artificial intelligence and the mitigation of corporate greenwashing
The impact of artificial intelligence on corporate ESG greenwashing
Political Institutions and Corporate Citizenship
Green Truth or Green Mirage? Carbon Information Disclosure and Asset Mispricing
Greenwashing in the food industry
Authenticity or strategy? How universities communicate the Sustainable Development Goals
Mitigating IPO withdrawal probability through voluntary sustainability reporting
CSR decoupling and stock price crash risk
Environmental judicial reform and corporate greenwashing
The potential of smart factories in reducing environmental emissions
Corporate environmental publicity and green innovation
Does corporate digital transformation restrain ESG decoupling? Evidence from China
Are Corporations Responding to Civil Society Pressure
Corporate Claims and Stakeholder Doubts
What do we know about carbon disclosure? A bibliometric analysis
Greenwashing
The Digital Pathway to Sustainability
Sürdürülebilirlik Raporlaması, Yeşil Yıkama ve Bağımsız Denetim
Évaluer les pratiques des entreprises en matière de travail décent
From green advertising to greenwashing
Does Social Media Pressure Induce Corporate Hypocrisy? Evidence of ESG Greenwashing from China
Social Trust and Corporate Greenwashing
Why Do Companies Engage in the Creation of Private Governance? A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda
Temporal (In)consistency in Sustainability Disclosure
Beyond Good Intentions
Spotting Portfolio Greenwashing in Environmental Funds
Does Product Market Competition Promote or Reduce Firms’ Corporate Social Responsibility Behavior? How Stakeholder Attention Shapes Responsiveness to Stakeholders
Reciprocity in Firm–Stakeholder Dialog
Conceptualising Sustainability as the Pursuit of Life
The Cost of Broken Promises
Sincere Action or Sweet Talk
From Greenwashing to Machinewashing
Female Representation on Corporate Boards in Europe
Determinants of Supply Chain Engagement in Carbon Management
The Power of Retail Investors
Leading by Example
Symbol or Substance? Environmental Protection and International Expansion in Emerging Market Multinationals
Does Political Connection Stifle Corporate Hypocrisy? Evidence from Greenwashing
Advancing corporate green innovation through science
Managerial myopia, technological innovation, and greenwashing
How does corporate greenwashing affect firm resilience –Causal inference utilizing dual machine learning techniques
Greenwashing and its consequences
Public Environmental Attention and Corporate Greenwashing in China
Talk the Talk, But Walk the Walk? Female-Managed Firms and Greenwashing Behavior
A bibliometric analysis of greenwashing research
Escaping the Ellipsis of Diversity
Defining Who You Are by Whom You Serve? Strategies for Prosocial–Professional Identity Integration with Clients
Dialect Diversity and Corporate Greenwashing
Avoiding Corporate Greenwashing? Sustainability Silence Narratives in the Agri‐Food Industry
Does Board Gender Diversity Make Firms Less Greenwashed
Norms Over Threats and Trends
Assurance of corporate social responsibility reports
How do standard setters define materiality and why does it matter
I Will Not Deceive Friends
Measuring greenwashing
Does environmental underperformance duration affect firms' green innovation? Evidence from China
ESG pay and corporate social irresponsibility
After Greenwashing
Measuring Globalisation
Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society
Responding to public and private politics
Difference in degrees
From Smoke and Mirrors to Walking the Talk
Organizational responses to environmental demands
The Drivers of Greenwashing
Voluntary agreements to improve environmental quality
Self‐Regulation and Social Welfare
Greenwash vs. Brownwash
Where Do We Stand? Common Mechanisms in Organizations and Social Movements Research
Greenwash
Politically Connected Firms
Stakeholder influence capacity and the variability of financial returns to corporate social responsibility
Firm responses to secondary stakeholder action
Talking Trash
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China
Institutional Complexity and Organizational Responses
The Relative Performance of Full Information Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Missing Data in Structural Equation Models
Does globalization affect growth? Evidence from a new index of globalization
The Means and End of Greenwash
Introduction
The Power of Human Rights
Movements, Markets and Fields
Law and Finance
Building Networks from the Outside In
National and Global Origins of Environmental Association
Shaming the Corporation
The Nation-State and the Natural Environment over the Twentieth Century
The Social Construction of Market Value
Global Civil Society and the International Human Rights Movement
The Contentiousness of Markets
Institutionalized Organizations
| Unique citing works | 179 |
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| Citations per year | 19,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 176 |