Corporate Social Responsibility
This concept explores the different ways in which CSR is defined and provides an account of success factors and business evidence.
Technique Overview
Corporate Social Responsibility Definition
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large (World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 1999).
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Business Evidence
Strengths, weaknesses and examples of Corporate Social Responsibility *
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Business Application
Implementation, success factors and measures of Corporate Social Responsibility *
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Professional Tools
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Further Reading
Corporate Social Responsibility web and print resources *
Corporate Social Responsibility references (4 of up to 20) *
- Albinger, H. and Freeman, S. (2000) Corporate Social Performance and Attractiveness as an Employer to Different Job Seeking Populations. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 28(3), pp. 243-53.
- Bansal, P. and Song, H.C. (2017) ‘Similar but not the same: Differentiating corporate sustainability from corporate responsibility’, Academy of Management Annals, 11(1), pp. 105–149. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2015.0095
- Battilana, J. and Dorado, S. (2010) ‘Building sustainable hybrid organizations: The case of commercial microfinance organizations’, Academy of Management Journal, 53(6), pp. 1419–1440. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2010.57318391
- Carroll, A.B. (1991) ‘The pyramid of corporate social responsibility: Toward the moral management of organizational stakeholders’, Business Horizons, 34(4), pp. 39–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/0007-6813(91)90005-G
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