Abstract
This study examines the association between the selection of an industry specialist auditor and corporate social responsibility (CSR). We find that firms with higher CSR ratings are more likely to hire industry specialist auditors (national-level industry leaders, city-level industry leaders, or joint city-national industry leaders). Moreover, firms with better CSR performance related to product quality and the environment in controversial industries are found to select non-specialized auditors. The results suggest that such firms may overinvest in CSR activities associated with the environment and product issues to disguise the sin nature of their manufactured goods, and simultaneously engage low quality auditors perhaps to avoid full disclosure of potential environmental and legal liabilities. Overall, we conclude that CSR is associated with the non-controversial firms ensuring high quality financial reporting in response to societal expectations, and thus CSR firms in such industries have strong incentives to engage industry specialist auditors.
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May 27, 2017 at 01:23PM
from Wen-Chi Sun, Hua-Wei Huang, Mai Dao, Chaur-Shiuh Young
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