TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Expenditures on Financial Performance of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. AU - Raihan, Mohammad Zahir AU - Bakar, Rosni AU - Islam, Md. Aminul JO - The Social Sciences VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 171 EP - 177 PY - 2015 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2015.171.177 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2015.171.177 KW - Corporate social responsibility KW -financial performance KW -disaster management KW -deposit per employee KW -return on equity KW -Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd AB - The study mainly examines the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditures on financial performance of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. (IBBL). The study then attempted to scrutinize the responsibility of the bank authority to various interest groups to assess the performance of CSR activities to analyze the performances in terms of ROE (Return on Equity) and DPE (Deposit per Employee) and to measure the impact of CSR expenditures on bank profitability and productivity. The study covers IBBL and a period of 5 years ranging from 2008-2012. Secondary data are collected from the annual reports of the bank. The study found that disaster management, education, health, sport, art and culture, environment and other activities have negative correlation with ROE but positive correlation with DPE. It is further found that these factors have influenced to the extent of 35.3% variations in ROE and 11.2% variation in DPE. The study concludes that the bank authority should invest more in CSR expenditures in order to improve the DPE of the bank. ER -