Social Movements and Corporate Social Responsibility

Social Responsibility ◽

International Business ◽

Future Research ◽

Five Dimensions ◽

Global Context ◽

The Social ◽

Over the decades, social movements have been central to the emergence and spread of a worldwide corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement. While CSR was once a marginal concern, social movements were effective in bringing CSR issues to the forefront of international business concern, resulting in the institutionalization of many social and environmental principles. This chapter examines five dimensions of the social movements–CSR relationship. First, it outlines the wider sociological and global context in which social movements have risen in response to the growing power of businesses. Second, it highlights notable CSR issue areas in which social movements have been particularly effective. Third, it discusses the various insider and outsider strategies that social movements have employed to impact the CSR movement. Fourth, it enumerates the challenges that social movements face in CSR. Lastly, the chapter discusses some promising areas of future research for scholars interested in the social movements–CSR relationship.

Peculiarities of corporate social responsibility development in the monotowns in post-communist countries

Social Responsibility Journal ◽

10.1108/srj-07-2015-0099 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 463-483 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Inna Blam ◽

Katarína Vitálišová ◽

Kamila Borseková ◽

Mariusz Sokolowicz

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Social Issues ◽

Future Research ◽

Content Type ◽

The Past ◽

Research Areas ◽

The Social ◽

Purpose The paper aims to analyze actual issues of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in monofunctional towns in Russia, Slovakia and Poland. The process of social investment restructuring is obviously under way in these countries. However, there can be identified a few examples where the dominant employer with the long tradition (from the soviet period, even longer) has initiated and directly influenced by the social policy the local and regional development. The paper analyzes their development during the past decades, with the special emphasis on social issues. It identifies its strengths and weaknesses and defines future research areas. Design/methodology/approach The first part of the paper defines the CSR with focus on the social sphere and relationships between local dominant employer, local government and community. Refer to the theory, the paper adopts a case study methodology to explore the specifics of CSR with a focus on monotowns, especially the role of local dominant employer and its relationship with local government and community in three selected post-communist nations – Russia, Slovakia and Poland. The research uses also the secondary data (the strategic documents, statistical data) and own observation during the study visits to the selected cities. The authors analyze the town’s development during the past decades, with the special emphasis on the social issues. Findings It is shown that maintenance and development of essential living conditions in many monofunctional towns depends upon the direct participation of large dominating companies. The paper argues that there is a principal difference between the current social policy conducted by these dominant local employers and the policy that was conducted in the past. What is more, most of the engagement of large in the social affairs in monotowns refers to the CSR concept. The paper summarizes the common features and differences in functioning monotowns in selected states, from the perspective of social responsible behaviors of dominant companies, suggests the practical implications and identifies future research areas. Originality/value The paper maps the specific kind of social responsibility interconnected with the issue of local and regional development – monotowns in Russia, Poland and Slovakia – in the countries with common political and social history. It brings in the form of case studies the detailed overview of the selected examples from Russia, Ukraine and Poland dealing with the CSR. Based on the collected data, it summarizes the advantages and disadvantage of these towns and opens the new research areas.

CEO inside debt and corporate social responsibility

International Journal of Managerial Finance ◽

10.1108/ijmf-10-2019-0397 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 525-546

Author(s):

Shahbaz Sheikh

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Social Performance ◽

Employee Relations ◽

Future Research ◽

Content Type ◽

Five Dimensions ◽

Inside Debt ◽

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relation between incentives from CEO inside debt (deferred compensation and pension benefits) and corporate social responsibility (CSR).Design/methodology/approachInstrumental variable (IV-GMM) regressions are used to estimate the relation between CEO inside debt and CSR.FindingsThe results of this paper indicate that CEOs with large inside debt tend to invest more in CSR. Analysis of CSR strengths and concerns supports this finding and shows that CEO inside debt is significantly positively (negatively) associated with CSR strengths (concerns). Further tests indicate that CEO inside debt exerts a positive and significant effect on all five dimensions of social performance (diversity, community, product, employee relations and environment).Research limitations/implicationsThe results of this study are based on US corporations. Future research should investigate if these results hold for firms in other countries in order to better our understanding of the relation between CEO inside debt and CSR.Practical implicationsCEOs use CSR as a risk management strategy to reduce corporate risk in order to protect the value of their inside debt.Social implicationsThe results in this paper provide a practical tool to boards of corporations to increase investment in CSR. The results suggest that boards can encourage CEOs to invest in CSR by increasing incentives from inside debt.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature that examines the relation between inside debt and CSR by showing that CEO inside debt exerts a positive impact on CSR.

A Decade of Impact: A JEEMS Bibliometric Science Map

10.26686/wgtn.12612782 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Matevz Raskovic ◽

Davor Vuchkovski

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

International Business ◽

Future Research ◽

Culture Studies ◽

Research Directions ◽

East European ◽

Corporate Social ◽

<p>This bibliometric research note analyses the impact of the Journal of East European Management Studies (JEEMS) since its SSCI indexation. We analyse 91 papers in English, showing that most papers are country and/or case specific, with a large majority of papers associated with the international business discipline. The strongest contributions have been made to the general international business literature and the literature on corporate social responsibility, as well as culture studies. We identify several gaps and outline future research directions. </p>

A Decade of Impact: A JEEMS Bibliometric Science Map

Journal of East European Management Studies ◽

10.5771/0949-6181-2020-1-194 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 194-209

Author(s):

Research Notes

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

International Business ◽

Future Research ◽

Culture Studies ◽

Research Directions ◽

East European ◽

Corporate Social ◽

This bibliometric research note analyses the impact of the Journal of East European Management Studies (JEEMS) since its SSCI indexation. We analyse 91 papers in English, showing that most papers are country and/or case specific, with a large majority of papers associated with the international business discipline. The strongest contributions have been made to the general international business literature and the literature on corporate social responsibility, as well as culture studies. We identify several gaps and outline future research directions.

A Decade of Impact: A JEEMS Bibliometric Science Map

10.26686/wgtn.12612782.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Research Notes

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

International Business ◽

Future Research ◽

Culture Studies ◽

Research Directions ◽

East European ◽

Corporate Social ◽

Measuring corporate social responsibility in Islamic banking: what matters?

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management ◽

10.1108/imefm-05-2019-0227 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 357-388

Author(s):

Muhammad Bilal Zafar ◽

Ahmad Azam Sulaiman

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Customer Service ◽

Customer Relationship ◽

Islamic Banking ◽

Content Type ◽

Five Dimensions ◽

The Social ◽

Csr Disclosure ◽

Purpose This paper begins with a challenge to explore the scope and dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Islamic banking and design a CSR disclosure index, which may gauge the level of CSR disclosure in Islamic banking. Design/methodology/approach It adopts a two-fold approach to develop the CSR disclosure index for Islamic banking, such as “identification” and “prioritization.” In the ambit of identification, it relies on the existing literature related to CSR and Islamic banking. However, it undertakes analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method for prioritization through the sample of 104 experts related to Islamic banking of Pakistan. Findings It concludes the CSR index for Islamic banking contains five dimensions, including 79 items across 20 sub-dimensions. The results of AHP indicate that the CSR dimensions are important for Shariah governance, employee, community, customer and environment. Moreover, within dimensions, the most important sub-dimensions are Shariah compliance, customer service and quality, green investing/banking, customer relationship, training and development and poverty alleviation. Practical implications The CSR disclosure index of this study has important implications for academicians, such as it paves the ways for further investigations and practical usage of index to gauge the level CSR disclosure of Islamic banking. Moreover, it delineates the spectrum of responsibilities for managers of Islamic banking under the domain of CSR. Originality/value The proposed CSR disclosure index is comprehensive and stresses on the social responsibility of Islamic banking toward stakeholders. In nutshell, this study offers what is expected from the practitioners of Islamic banking in the domain of social responsibility.

Philanthropy and the Contribution of Andrew Carnegie to Corporate Social Responsibility

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13010155 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 155

Author(s):

Andrzej Janowski

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Future Research ◽

High Quality ◽

Social Responsibilities ◽

Extensive Analysis ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

The idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has attracted the interests of both practitioners and scientists, particularly since 1953, when H. R. Bowen published The Social Responsibilities of the Businessman. Over the years, the CSR concept evolved and became a managerial phenomenon; it was applied to different sectors with supposedly excellent effects. Unfortunately, there was discourse around the meaning of CSR. In the world of science, there is no agreement as to the semantic area of CSR. Academics face absolute, undisturbed freedom in the formulation of its elements and definitions. That abovementioned ambiguity determined the situation the recent CSR literature is vague and biased, and an extensive analysis of the latest contributions are lacking. To address this gap, there has been proposed a systematic literature review and bibliometrics of 119 articles published in 45 peer-reviewed, high-quality academic journals and 19 books, from January 1950 to July 2020. There are three objectives of this paper: to analyze the recent CSR definitions in the context of Carnegie’s principles, to identify trends in that field and evaluate the utility of the scientific efforts in the abovementioned context, and to indicate the future research paths in the context of corporate social responsibility.

A Decade of Impact: A JEEMS Bibliometric Science Map

10.26686/wgtn.12612782.v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Matevz Raskovic ◽

Davor Vuchkovski

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

International Business ◽

Future Research ◽

Culture Studies ◽

Research Directions ◽

East European ◽

Corporate Social ◽

The Effect of Internal Corporate Social Responsibility on Job Satisfaction: An Empirical Study on Jordanian Pharmaceutical Companies

Journal of Business & Management (COES&RJ-JBM) ◽

10.25255/2306.8043.2020.8.2.112.138 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 112

Author(s):

Sura Altheeb ◽

Kholoud Sudqi Al-Louzi

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Skills Development ◽

Future Research ◽

Pharmaceutical Companies ◽

Corporate Social ◽

The Impact ◽

Positive Results

The current research investigates the impact of internal corporate social responsibility on job satisfaction in Jordanian pharmaceutical companies. Quantitative research design and regression analysis were applied on a total of 302 valid returns that were obtained in a questionnaire based survey from 14 pharmaceutical companies among employees, supervisors and managers. The results showed that internal corporate social responsibility was significantly related to job satisfaction and three of its dimensions, namely working conditions, work life balance and empowerment contributed significantly to job satisfaction, whereas employment stability and skills development had no contribution. This study implies that Jordanian pharmaceutical companies have to try their best to promote and facilitate internal corporate social responsibility among their employees in an effort to improve their job satisfaction, which will eventually yield positive results for the company as a whole. In light of these results, the research presented many recommendations for future research; the most important ones were the application of this study in other sectors, cultures, and countries, and using of multi method for collecting data.

Memorias de Sostenibilidad en América Latina: instrumento de información de la Responsabilidad Social de las Empresas

Oikos ◽

10.29344/07184670.32.1026 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (32) ◽

pp. 35

Author(s):

Ma. Angélica Garza Arroyo ◽

María Aurelia Bocanegra Noriega

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Latin America ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Data Base ◽

The Social ◽

America Latina ◽

Corporate Social ◽

Sustainability Report

RESUMENEl desarrollo sostenible es manejado como uno de los puntos importantes en las agendas del siglo XXI, es un concepto que las empresas deben contemplar en las actividades que realizan para cumplir con la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial. El presente trabajo pretende abordar los aspectos teóricos sobre las Memorias de Sostenibilidad así como mostrar que pueden ser consideradas como un instrumento de información de la Responsabilidad Social de las Empresas. Se hace un estudio en la base de datos de la Corporate Register del 2006 al 2011 respecto de la presentación de las Memorias de Sostenibilidad en América Latina; el reporte es de corte cualitativo de carácter descriptivo, con un análisis deductivo. Se puede percibir en el estudio que es de carácter exploratorio que las empresas de América Latina han incrementado de manera significativa la presentación de Memorias de Sostenibilidad así como un incremento en el número de empresas que las realizan, además de contemplar a la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial como parte de su misión y visión.Palabras clave: memorias de sostenibilidad, Responsabilidad Social Empresarial, América Latina. Memories of Sustainability in Latin America: instrument of information of the Social Responsibility of the CompaniesABSTRACTThe sustainable development is managed to be one of the important aspects in the planners of 21th century, it is a concept that companies have to contemplate in the activities they realize to achieve corporate social responsibility. this work pretends to raise the teoric aspects about sustainability report, and to show that they can be considered as an information instrument of social responsibility of the companies. a study has to be done in the data base of corporate register from 2006 to 2011 about the presentation of the sustainability report in Latin America; the report is qualitative and descriptive kind, with deductive analysis. in the study it can be perceived that is explorative that companies in Latin America have increased in a significative way the presentation of sustainability report, just as an increase in the number of companies that realize them, besides contemplating corporate social responsibility as part of their mission and vision.Keywords: sustainability report, Corporate Social Responsibility, Latin America.