Open Access
American Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
ISSN (Online): 2378-7031
DOI: 10.46568/arjhss
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm’s Profitability- a Case Study on Maharatna Companies in India
1Associate Professor, Department of Commerce,University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
2Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
2Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Abstract
The present research work investigates the impact of corporate sector responsibility on firm’s
profitability of seven Maharatna Companies in India. In the second decade of the New Century in India,
companies are obligatory to expend corporate sector responsibility expenditures so that societies and natural
environment of India are improved steadily. Now corporate social responsibility has been considered as a
significant factor of profitability because most of the forms’ feel that their profitability might be increased for
that. This study is based on secondary data obtained from the Annual Reports of the seven Maharatna Companies
for the period from 2004 to 2013. To find out the impact corporate sector responsibility on firm’s profitability,
correlation, simple regression and multiple regression analysis have been used. Empirical results indicate that
corporate sector responsibility affect the firm’s profitability positively in case Gas Authority of India Ltd. and
negatively in case of rest of the companies under study