Chinese national civilized city and corporate social responsibility: will civilized city promote corporate social responsibility?

Chai, Kuang-Cheng; Xie, De-Cong; Yeh, Chin-Piao; Lan, Hao-Ran; Cui, Zhen-Xin

doi:10.1080/13504851.2021.1877250

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“…The CCC has profound implications for promoting EGI. The essence of this relationship lies in the higher demands that urban construction places on the environmental and operational practices of enterprises, simultaneously creating more market opportunities for enterprises [49]. Firstly, as urban attention to environmental protection and sustainability continues to rise, the CCC advocates stricter environmental standards and requirements.…”

Section: Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Civilized City Construction Promote Enterprise Green Innovation?

Tang,

Zhang,

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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The existing research shows that when facing the trade-off between economic benefits and green innovation, enterprises often prioritize economic gains, and how to promote enterprise green innovation (EGI) has become a pressing issue that needs to be solved at this stage. Against this backdrop, China’s Civilized City Construction (CCC) policy, which emphasizes the coordinated development of economic, political, ecological, and spiritual civilization, places higher demands on enterprise environmental behaviors. This creates an opportune moment to investigate the relationship between urban governance policies and EGI. In this study, we employ a Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to examine whether the CCC policy can promote EGI and reveal its underlying mechanisms. The research findings indicate that CCC significantly promotes EGI. The policy improves EGI levels by strengthening regional environmental regulations and increasing environmental subsidy levels. This finding provides lessons for advancing enterprise sustainability strategies and new perspectives for global urban governance policy formulation and implementation.

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Section: Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Civilized City Construction Promote Enterprise Green Innovation?

Tang,

Zhang,

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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“…Overall, the existing literature generally recognizes the role of NCC in promoting the development of cities in non-GDP areas, which is almost assessed in terms of objective indicators. However, as a policy that emphasizes the construction of spiritual civilization, the impact of NCC on the subjective perceptions of a resident also deserves research, Chai et al (2021) found that the selection of NCC enhanced the sense of corporate social responsibility, but assessing residents' subjective perceptions is still in lack.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, as a policy that emphasizes the construction of spiritual civilization, the impact of NCC on the subjective perceptions of a resident also deserves research, Chai et al. (2021) found that the selection of NCC enhanced the sense of corporate social responsibility, but assessing residents’ subjective perceptions is still in lack.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of performance contest on local transformation and development in China: Empirical study of the National Civilized City program

et al. 2021

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The performance contest model (PCM) has greatly promoted the transformation of China's development mode. This study investigates the effect of the PCM on local governance in China through an empirical study of the National Civilized City (NCC) program. The effect is examined with panel data of city development, household happiness, and municipal leadership. Our research has the following findings: (a) Civilized Cities exhibit significant improvements in public services that are closely related to national well‐being but have long been neglected such as education, science and technology, ecology, culture, and public health. (b) Civilized Cities exhibit a significant improvement in the subjective perceptions of citizens, where the happiness of local residents improved by approximately 3.9%. (c) The NCC program has a considerable effect on motivating local officials. Moreover, leaders of Civilized Cities have a significantly higher probability of being promoted, which increased by 13.1% and 15.9% in the second and third years after the award of the Civilized City title, respectively. This study contributes to a better understanding of China's local governance and improves the guidance and regulation of local developments.

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“…Liu et al (2018) determined that after each scenic area was approved as a "National Scenic Spot", this did not significantly promote the growth of the tourism economy [20]. Chai et.al (2021), based on the data of listed enterprises in China from 2012 to 2018, used the PSM-DID method to empirically test the impact of "Civilized City" selection on corporate social responsibility [21].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…According to neoclassical economic theory, capital and labor are the key factors of economic growth [21]. "Civilized City" selection can produce a more effective allocation of capital and labor.…”

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Do City Honors Increase Tourism Economic Growth? A Quasi-Natural Experimental Research Study Based on “Civilized City” Selection in China

Qiao¹,

Mao²

2021

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“Civilized City” is the highest honor in China’s urban evaluation system. This research used a quasi-natural experiment approach to evaluate how the “Civilized City” designation influence tourism economic growth. The results showed that: (1) “Civilized City” selection promotes the growth of the tourism economy, and its impact on tourism income is greater than on the number of tourists. The “Civilized City” award is more conducive to the growth of the tourism economy than other city honors; (2) the “Civilized City” honor promotes institutional supply and adjusts the allocation of capital and labor, thereby promoting the growth of the tourism economy; and (3) the analysis showed that the impact of the “Civilized City” honor on a city’s tourism economy varies according to region, administrative level, and population size. The results of this research provide empirical support that city honors boost tourism economy growth and yield new evidence for cities to promote tourism development through awards and accreditations.

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Chinese national civilized city and corporate social responsibility: will civilized city promote corporate social responsibility?

Cited by 12 publications

References 10 publications

Can Civilized City Construction Promote Enterprise Green Innovation?

Can Civilized City Construction Promote Enterprise Green Innovation?

Impact of performance contest on local transformation and development in China: Empirical study of the National Civilized City program

Do City Honors Increase Tourism Economic Growth? A Quasi-Natural Experimental Research Study Based on “Civilized City” Selection in China

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