Signalling ESG Misconduct: What Matters to Investors?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate what matters most to investors when environmental, social and governance (ESG)‐related corporate misconduct news is signalled and how these factors influence the magnitude of market value punishment. Using an event study on 44,859 corporate news items related to ESG incidents, we find that investors react negatively to such ...
Dewan Muktadir‐Al‐Mukit
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Board Gender Diversity and the Quality of Corporate Climate Impact Disclosure: UK Evidence
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how board gender diversity influences the quality of corporate climate impact disclosure, a critical element of firms' environmental transparency. Focusing on UK nonfinancial firms, we draw on gender socialisation and critical mass theories to explore how diverse boards contribute to strategic climate reporting.
Mahmoud Elmarzouky +2 more
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Hallucinated citations produced by generative artificial intelligence may constitute research misconduct when citations function as data in scholarly papers. [PDF]
Account ResResnik DB, Hosseini M.
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Renewable Energy, Climate Risk, and the Cost of External Assurance: International Evidence
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate shifts from fossil fuels to renewable energy are central to climate‐transition strategies, but their effects on external assurance have not been well understood. This study examines whether, how and where corporate renewable energy consumption affects the cost of external assurance, proxied by statutory audit fees.
Rashid Zaman +2 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with research misconduct among faculty in selected public universities in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Discov EducAyikobua ET +4 more
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The Cultural Context of Plagiarism and Research Misconduct in the Asian Region. [PDF]
J Korean Med Sci, 2023 Rodrigues F +5 more
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Increasing the Incentive to Serve: The Effects of a Juror Pay Increase in Texas
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although low juror pay is commonly offered as a reason why jurors do not show up to jury service, there is remarkably little empirical information on how juror pay affects summons response. This study examines four large‐sized counties in Texas before and after pay increased from as little as $6 a day to $40, analyzing patterns of the percent ...
Mary R. Rose, Max Lisch, Faris A. Husain
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Sustainable Luxury: Understanding Consumer Responses to Purpose‐Driven Brand Strategies
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The study examines the dilemma faced by consumers in balancing the concepts of sustainability and luxury in the context of self‐gifting. The research is based on the Affect‐Behavior‐Cognition (ABC) framework and the Consumer‐Brand Identification (CBI) theory, which seeks to understand how the perceived sustainability–luxury fit and brand ...
Subhajit Pahari +3 more
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Can ISO/IEC 17025 serve as a tool to prevent scientific fraud in chemical research laboratories?
The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.Abstract Scientific fraud has been documented across multiple disciplines, and chemistry is no exception. Recent studies indicate that contamination of materials, methodological errors, and unreliable data, results, or analyses account for over 25% of retracted publications.
Flor Monica Gutierrez‐Alcantara
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Plagiarism in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: The advent of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is challenging the scientific community's understanding of the meaning and significance of plagiarism. A new definition of research misconduct is needed that specifically addresses the use of GenAI writing tools. [PDF]
Nat Mach IntellResnik D, Hosseini M.
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