The Role of the Public Sector in Corporate Social Responsibility

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Glen M. Vogel
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corporate Social

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN CORPORATE SOCIALRESPONSIBILITY DEVELOPMENT IN LITHUANIA

Ekonomika ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 55-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Štreimikienė ◽  
Rasa Pušinaitė
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corporate Social

In implementing sustainable development policy, corporate social responsibility and other voluntary business initiatives plays the crucial role. Business plays the central role in economy and its voluntary initiatives such as signing the Global Compact and developing corporate social responsibility (CSR) are the main tools for implementing sustainable development on local, regional and global levels. However, also the public sector plays an important role in enhancing CSR development in the country. There exit several studies on CSR development in the Lithuanian private sector; however, the role of the public sector has not yet been investigated.The aim of the work was to investigate the development of CSR in the Lithuanian public sector. The main goals of the article are to analyse the concept of corporate social responsibility and to identify the main driving forces of CSR development in the public sector, its main barriers and means of overcoming these barriers.The article summarizes the results of a survey conducted in the Lithuanian public sector. The survey has shown that corporate social responsibility is not widely spread among public administration bodies at the local level. The main factors having a negative impact on social responsibility development in the public sector are the lack of information, of human and other resources.

scholarly journals Socially Responsible Organizational Governance in the Public Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Gita Lasytė
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Organizational Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
New Public Governance ◽  
Corporate Social

The present paper aims to examine the theoretical assumptions of socially responsible organizational governance in the public sector. In public authorities, corporate social responsibility is a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, the paper focuses on the interaction between social responsibility and the New Public Governance. The article puts forward the assumption that the principles of governance of public goods and public services provided by the public sector are very close in content to the concept of social responsibility. The goal of the public governance process is efficiency and effectiveness not only in public administration institutions, but also in building a welfare society. In this context, the New public governance is in line with the principles of social responsibility. The similarities between the new public governance and social responsibility can be recognized in an understanding the values, processes and elements the primary standards of which are accountability, openness, efficiency, responsibility, compliance with procedural norms, division of power (involvement of stakeholders). The article also discusses the concept and characteristics of corporate social responsibility and provides criticism on the CSR phenomenon.

Corporate Social Responsibility of Public Banking Sector for Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 467-488
Author(s):  
Naglaa Fathy El Dessouky
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a significant field of studies to stress the importance of the new role of organizations towards the society for sustainable development. Nowadays, an enormous number of authors have been participating in this field to highlight the responsibility of organizations towards the community, society and the natural environment where they are operating. Despite the growing number of researches related to CSR in the developed countries little empirical studies have been devoted to examine CSR concept and practice in the African countries, the MENA region (Middle-East and North Africa), as well as in the Golf countries. This chapter seeks to study CSR concept and practice in the emerging market economies (EMEs). It will mainly focus on the implementations of CSR by the public banking sector. We will investigate the role of the public banking sector existing in an Arab country in comparison to an Asian country to explain and analyze the similarities and differences of CSR activities in both experiences. In this comparative study we will primarily examine Banque Misr, as one of the oldest and largest public bank in Egypt and the Malayan Banking Berhad (trading as Maybank) as the largest public bank in Malaysia. After a meticulous review of literature, we propose a systemic framework to study CSR practices and policy implementations. We illustrated the CSR as a constant process where all variables are interrelated and are affecting each other in a mutual approach. In this systemic framework we advocated to study all significant variables related to CSR practice as: the history/philosophy development, core-values, CSR adopted definition, motives, key players, approaches, stakeholders focus, sectors of intervention and mechanisms of policy implementations. The chapter concludes that common CSR policies exist between the Malaysian and the Egyptian experience. Nevertheless the Malaysian model has formulated an elaborated and further sophisticated CSR public banking program. Meanwhile, the Egyptian model needs to adopt more global oriented CSR public banking policies, in particular to assure the sustainable development requirements.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility: Keterkaitan Letak Geografis Terhadap Desain Program dan Pelaporan Perusahaan

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Deasy Sagitaningrum ◽  
Dianne Frisko
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
The Public ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Corporate Social

<em>This research aims to analyze the role of the geographical area surrounds company in the linkage with the design of corporate social responsibility (CSR) program and CSR reporting. This study uses qualitative approach by comparing two companies in different location. They are Indonesian companies (PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk) and Australian company (OZ Minerals). Content analysis method is used to collect the public data. The result conveys factual information that the geographical area, natural environment, local value, and government policy create the differences for each company in designing the CSR program and the ways companies provide CSR report. Company which is located in cultural society are tend to design the CSR program by regarding the cultural values. Company which is located in certain jurisdiction tends to report CSR based on the regulated standard. Moreover, environment, education, health, and economic condition are also considered in designing CSR programs.</em>

scholarly journals Workplace Mobbing in Polish and Lithuanian Organisations with Regard to Corporate Social Responsibility

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolita Vveinhardt ◽  
Włodzimierz Sroka
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
The Public ◽  
Closed Type ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Total Item

The ‘mobbing’ phenomenon is regarded as the actions or behaviour referring to an employee or directed against an employee, comprising persistent and drawn-out harassment or intimidation of that employee. This phenomenon causes substantial negative workplace consequences, but, above all, one should stress the consequences for the victims, which are devastating. This has been observed in a variety of organisations, regardless of the sector and country. Given these facts, the purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of workplace mobbing in Polish and Lithuanian organisations with regard to corporate social responsibility (CSR). The research sample included a group of 823 entities operating in both countries in both the private and public sectors (410 from Lithuania and 413 from Poland). A closed-type questionnaire was used in the survey. Several research methods including factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha, Spearman–Brown, factor loading, and total item correlation were used in our study. The results achieved showed that there were both similarities as well as differences between the analysed organisations. More specifically, our research revealed that: (1) Employee attitude to CSR depends on the company’s sector of activity and the country; (2) In Poland, workplace mobbing is more prevalent in the public sector than in the private, whilst in Lithuania there were no substantial differences; (3) Organisations that implemented the CSR concept showed less imposed mobbing prevalence; and (4) Employees who faced mobbing in the workplace had worse relationships with clients and users of the company’s services/products.

scholarly journals Public Organizations in the Context of Corporate Social Responsibility

Equilibrium ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Krukowski
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corporate Social

The debate on corporate responsibility is permeating increasingly to the public sector. The aim of the present work is to discuss possible implications of CSR concepts that could be observed in public organizations. It follows from the research conducted that public organizations are familiarized with the principles of corporate social responsibility and in the majority of cases possess accepted standards of applying them.

scholarly journals Maqasid al-Shari`ah, Maslahah, and Corporate Social Responsibility

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki ◽  
Nurdianawati Irwani Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
The Public ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
The Many ◽  
Business In Society ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
A Company

The doctrine of corporate social responsibility (CSR), which has emerged and developed rapidly as a field of study, is a framework for the role of business in society. It sets standards of behavior to which a company must subscribe in order to impact society in a positive and productive manner while abiding by values that exclude seeking profit at any cost. Despite the many attempts to construe CSR initiatives, it remains open to wide criticism for its inherent problems via-à-vis justification, conceptual clarity, and possible inconsistency. These problems are more acute when it comes to implementing and operationalizing CSR on the ground, especially in a situation that involves trade-offs. This paper offers an instructive understanding of CSR from an Islamic perspective. In particular, the implication of maqasid al-Shari`ah (the Shari`ah’s objectives) and the application of maslahah (the public good) to CSR are discussed in detail to shed light on how Islam’s holistic and dynamic perception of CSR take into consideration reality and ever-changing circumstances. These principles also provide a better framework that managers can use when faced with potential conflicts arising from the diverse expectations and interests of a corporation’s stakeholders.

Polycentric Stakeholder Analysis

2019 ◽  
pp. 189-208
Author(s):  
Paul Dragos Aligica ◽  
Peter J. Boettke ◽  
Vlad Tarko
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Role ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
Dynamic Interface ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Sensitive Issues

Chapter 9 pushes further the frontier of the discussion into a new, growing and controversial governance debate area: that of corporate social responsibility. One of the most sensitive issues in polycentric governance systems, with their hybrid institutional arrangements at the dynamic interface between the “public” and the “private,” is to specify what are—and what are not—the responsibilities of the private sector—business firms and enterprises—when it comes to the public domain. This chapter offers an exploratory attempt to address this challenge. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged in the last several decades as a preeminent concept and issue area engaging the problem of public role of private business. This chapter demonstrates how the ideas and theories discussed so far combine, complement, and bolster this literature and the applied-level insights based on it.

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