scholarly journals Professionalization and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Comparative Study on German and US Job Requirements in CSR

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702110543
Author(s):  
Diana Benzinger ◽  
Michael Muller-Camen
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
National Differences ◽  
The Us ◽  
Explicit Csr ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Cross National

Given the steady interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR), this study explores the process of professionalization of CSR. Drawing upon the literature on ‘organizational’ professionals, explicit and implicit CSR, as well as varieties of capitalism, professionalization of CSR is explored in order to trace processes of explicitization and potential cross-national differences between the United States and Germany. In a comparative longitudinal study, we analyse job announcements in the field of CSR and find that although the hybridity of explicit and implicit CSR between the US and Germany is starting to unfold, job characteristics and job requirements in CSR in Germany and the US are still not the same. Our results suggest there is a more distinct trend in professionalization in the US than in Germany in terms of the manifestation of explicit CSR and that the institutional context is linked to how employers drive professionalization processes in non-traditional professions.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility: A Cross-National Study of the Treatment of Consumers and Employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-15
Author(s):  
John Tsalikis ◽  
Bruce Seaton
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Study ◽  
Consumer Complaints ◽  
Poor Treatment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Cross National

Within a CSR framework, this paper reports on an extensive array of studies that explore consumer and employee issues with businesses in 13 countries, including the United States and countries in Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. The relevance of this study is based on the idea that consumer trust and fair treatment of employees are both core components of CSR and vital elements of economic efficiency and satisfaction from both supplier and customer perspectives. The questionnaires included open-ended inquiries which employed the technique of unaided recall, alternatively known as “top of mind” awareness. This method’s strength is that it provides minimum direction to respondents, thus avoiding interviewer bias. The resulting data were examined and classified using the method of content analysis. The results indicate that in Mexico and Argentina most consumer complaints involved price, while in Russia, China, and India consumers complained about aspects of product policy. Only Brazilian consumers registered their major concerns as complaints on service. The complaints about corporate policy focused on the poor treatment of employees. The between-country contrasts were often large; for example, 26% of Japanese respondents expressed concerns about employee issues whereas such complaints were limited to 3% of our Mexican sample. The strength of the current research is the combination of the breadth of the study (13 countries) coupled with the employment of national probability samples. The corresponding limitation stems from the limited depth of inquiry associated with the methodology employed and the inherent complexity of cross-national comparisons. The key implication of the paper is that both customers and employees have numerous complaints regarding the treatment they receive from corporations, but these issues show significant differences between the countries in the sample. In-depth examination of the individual countries is one of several fruitful areas suggested for further research. Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Consumer Complaints, Price, Product, Service.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. A Bibliometric Analysis of Their Interrelations

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Víctor Meseguer-Sánchez ◽  
Francisco Jesús Gálvez-Sánchez ◽  
Gabriel López-Martínez ◽  
Valentín Molina-Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Distribution Of Wealth ◽  
Productive Author ◽  
Corporate Social

Traditional economic system has brought important negative implications regarding environmental development, as well as an unequal distribution of wealth, which has led to ecological disasters and population imbalances. Considering the existence of unequal opportunities and access to resources in a global economy, it would be relevant to study the interrelations between the concepts of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Global and multifactorial issues require the review of fieldworks and their connections. From this perspective, the present research aims to analyze the relationships between the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in order to understand the advances of current scientific production and future lines of research. In this way, there is a considerable increase of interest in this line of research, highlighting García-Sánchez as the most productive author, Business, Management and Accounting as the most studied topic, and Sustainability Switzerland as the most productive journal. The country with the most publications and citations is the United States, and the most productive institution is Universidad de Salamanca. Future lines of research should focus on the social dimension and its possibilities in the field of Circular Economy. Finally, a line of research is proposed that also includes the proposals from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Professional Team Sports Organizations’ Corporate Social Responsibility Activities: Corporate Image and Chosen Communication Outlets’ Influence on Consumers’ Reactions

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Cindy Lee ◽  
Hyejin Bang ◽  
David J. Shonk
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
The United States ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Professional Team Sports ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
Corporate Social

As professional sport teams’ involvement with corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities are prevalent and expected by the public, there has been more attention on the factors that can influence consumers’ reactions to CSR activities. This study investigated the influence of two factors—corporate image and organization choice of communication vehicle—on individuals’ responses, perceived motive, and change of attitude to a professional team sports organization’s CSR activities. A total of 225 usable surveys were collected from a university located in the southern region of the United States for data analyses. The study showed that corporate image had a main effect on perceived motives, Munfavorable = 5.07, Mfavorable = 5.60, F(1, 216) = 6.38, p < .05, , and attitudes, Munfavorable = 4.64, Mfavorable = 5.49; F(1, 216) = 18.34, p < .05, , toward the team due to CSR activities, while there was no main effect for the professional team sports organization’s chosen communication vehicle, F(2, 217) = 1.09, p > .05, for their CSR activities. The importance of building good corporate image and communicating CSR activities to the fan base are also discussed.

Nonmarket Responses to Regulation: A Signaling Theory Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 865-891
Author(s):  
Lee Warren Brown ◽  
Irene Goll ◽  
Abdul A. Rasheed ◽  
Wayne S. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Signaling Theory ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Federal Regulations ◽  
Corporate Political Activity ◽  
The Us ◽  
Regulatory Intensity ◽  
Corporate Social

We examine how regulatory intensity and increases in regulation affect the nonmarket activities of firms. Using a signaling theory perspective, we seek to better understand how firms respond to regulation in terms of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate political activity (CPA), the two main pillars of nonmarket activity. Examination of both CSR and CPA in concert rather than in isolation provides insights into whether they are complements or substitutes. We use textual analysis of the US Code of Federal Regulations to measure regulatory intensity and increases in regulation. Based on a sample of 331 S&P 500 firms for the period 1998–2014, our findings suggest that regulatory intensity leads to more nonmarket responses from firms. We also find support for nonlinear relationships between CSR and CPA.

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