Wikii Corporate Donation
Wikii Corporate Donation
Wikii Corporate Donation
WAQAR HUSSAIN
FAIZ ULLAH
IHTISHAM UL HAQ
IRFAN ULLAH
IBAD UR RAHMAN
An Analysis of Corporate
Donation UK Evidence
Mike Adams
(University of Bath)
Philip Hardwick
(University of Bournemouth)
Introduction
This Article is based on stakeholders theory
Self promotion
Positioning
Social welfare
Analysis
Initially there was no disclosures for political
or charitable donation.
Under 1985 act political donation must be
disclosed.
For charitable donation there is no disclosure
required.
In Pakistan donation to the registered non
profit organization is tax exempted.
Industrial sectors are more involve in donation
than financial sectors because they want to
create a positive image in general public mind.
Company Size
Measure as the total value of assets.
Company size is directly proportional to
Discretionary Donation.
Larger companies are more politically visible
(Higher taxation, Regulatory compliance cost)
so that they Donates more.
In 2014 Walmart and walmart foundation
donated 1.4 Billion in cash to the charitable
organization.
Profitability
Ratio of net profit before interest and taxation to
turn over
Ullmann and Roberts suggests that Financial
performance positively influence corporate social
responsibility.
According to Robert less profitable organization
less willingly takes responsibility to Social
responsibility.
Bill Gates gave $1.5 billion to charity in
November.
Leverage
Debt to assets ratio.
Lowly leveraged companies tend to make less
Donation.
They can not satisfy their own requirements.
Pakistan steel Mill has to pay 160 Billion to its
creditor.
Ownership structure
Proportion of total number of shares issued.
Based on research paper there is no clear
evidence that discretionary Donations has any
significant influenced on ownership structure.