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2024 COLING COLING 2024

Cheap Talk: Topic Analysis of CSR Themes on Corporate Twitter

Abstract

AbstractNumerous firms advertise action around corporate social responsibility (CSR) on social media. Using a Twitter corpus from S&P 500 companies and topic modeling, we investigate how companies talk about their social and sustainability efforts and whether CSR-related speech predicts Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risk scores. As part of our work in progress, we present early findings suggesting a possible distinction in language between authentic discussion of positive practices and corporate posturing.

🌉 Interdisciplinary Bridge - Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
🧭 Keyword Pioneer - corporate social responsibility
🐝 Cross-Pollinator - Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Data Science & Analytics, Deep Learning, Healthcare & Medicine, Interdisciplinary, Knowledge & Reasoning, Machine Learning, Mathematics & Optimization, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning, Security & Privacy, Speech & Audio