{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DIME","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2025-03-06","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Davide Salvatore Mare","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"dmare@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Marika Carboni","affiliation":"Roma Tre University, Italy","email":"marika.carboni@uniroma3.it"},{"name":"Marta Degl\u2019Innocenti","affiliation":"Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano, Italy","email":"marta.deglinnocenti@unimi.it"},{"name":"Franco Fiordelisi","affiliation":"University of Essex, United Kingdom","email":"franco.fiordelisi@essex.ac.uk"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for Technology And Corporate Ethical Standards","idno":"RR_WLD_2025_282"},"data_statement":"Some data is restricted and has not been included in the reproducibility package. 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The findings indicate that technology and digitalization positively impact the adoption of environmental and social standards. However, digital oriented technological firms show lower governance standards. These results are influenced by country culture, the burden of business regulation, and the perception of the courts as an obstacle to business","geographic_units":[{"name":"World","code":"WLD","type":"Region"}],"keywords":[{"name":"Technology"},{"name":"Ethics"},{"name":"Esg"},{"name":"Sustainability"},{"name":"Culture"},{"name":"Corporate Governance"}],"topics":[{"id":"Q56","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Environment and Development \u2022 Environment and Trade \u2022 Sustainability \u2022 Environmental Accounts and Accounting \u2022 Environmental Equity \u2022 Population Growth","parent_id":"Q5"},{"id":"G30","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"General","parent_id":"G3"},{"id":"O14","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Industrialization \u2022 Manufacturing and Service Industries \u2022 Choice of Technology","parent_id":"O1"}],"output":[{"type":"Working Paper","description":"Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP) WPS11068","title":"Technology And Corporate Ethical Standards","uri":"http:\/\/documents.worldbank.org\/curated\/en\/099306502192538978","doi":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1596\/1813-9450-11068"}],"language":[{"name":"English","code":"EN"}],"technology_requirements":"~ 10 minutes","disclaimer":"The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development\/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"Modified BSD3","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/bsd-3-clause\/"}],"contacts":[{"name":"Davide Salvatore Mare","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"dmare@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"datasets":[{"name":"World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES)","note":"Source:  World Bank Enterprise Surveys, www.enterprisesurveys.org\nWorld Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) are nationally representative firm-level surveys, with top managers and owners of businesses interviewed using a globally comparable questionnaire that covers a broad range of business environment topics as well as firms\u2019 characteristics and performance measures. The dataset was last accessed by the authors in November 2024. 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