Board interlocks and CSR

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This research is useful for both practitioners and civil society. Research urges managers to revise the composition of their boards of directors, integrating more diversity especially directors backgrounds and nationality. The research helps acknowledge the most influential variables regarding CSR practices within French board of directors. It suggests that, next to the well-established fact that board members’ characteristics influence CSR activities, board interlocks might explain how such practices are being transferred to other companies. Additionally, these interlocks - and therefore their mediating role in CSR - might themselves be influenced by board members’ characteristics (seniority, nationality, background). This research might be a basis for future studies which would integrate modeling and multivariate analysis, thus corroborating these first findings.

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