Can socially responsible firms survive competition?

Corporate matching of charitable donations by employees can increase the utility of both employees and charities without reducing dividends to the firm's owners - provided socially conscious employees are either more productive or value working together. In practice, matching firms have higher labour productivity and are more likely to be ranked as one of the "100 Best Places to Work".

Join us at this public lecture to hear from finance expert Professor Bruce D. Grundy, who will discuss the popularity of matching schemes, how they act as a coordination mechanism, and how they can raise more for charities without reducing profits for investors.

Refreshments will be provided following the public lecture.

About our presenter

Professor Bruce D. Grundy

Bruce received his PhD in Finance from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree from the University of Queensland. Before moving to The Australian National University, he was a faculty member at Stanford, Wharton, and the University of Melbourne. Bruce has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago, Goethe University Frankfurt, Singapore Management University, and London Business School. He is a past Associate Editor of the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Accounting and Finance, and past Managing Editor of the International Review of Finance. Bruce has received numerous awards and several grants for his work as a teacher, researcher and consultant in the field of finance.

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