Corporate Social Responsibility and Its Impact on Corporate Profitability: Some Evidences from Selected Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh

Abstract

This paper is an endeayor to investigate the linkage betuveen Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Prorttability. The researcher has considered CSR as an independent variable and Return on Asset (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE) and Earning Per Share (EPS) as dependent variables. Firstly, the researcher has presented the CSR activities of dffirent selected banks fromyear 2007 to 2010. Secondly, asimple regression analysis is performed to investigate the relationship between dependent and independent variables. The study found that there ls a significant negative relationship betyveen CSR and ROA. The study also found that there is no relationship among ROE, EPS and CSR.