The ethical ratings phenomenon

Christopher Cowton; Christopher Low

The ethical ratings phenomenon

School of Business, Education and Law

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Abstract

The rating of companies’ ethical, social and environmental performance is an increasingly common practice. This paper describes a research project designed to explore empirically this phenomenon of growing importance. It outlines a framework that positions rating agencies as information intermediaries and from this derives an initial list of research questions relating to the three major categories of players involved – companies, rating agencies and users of the ratings generated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	91-95
Number of pages	5
Journal	New Academy Review
Volume	2
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 2003

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