scholarly journals CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: THE RELEVANCY TO THE BUSINESS PRACTICES IN BULGARIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Slavova ◽  
Yovka Bankova
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Business Models ◽  
University Education ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Corporate Actions ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Business And Management

In the last decades corporate social responsibility (CSR) has forcefully and irreversibly become a part of the corporate actions of a growing number of companies and continues to provoke the interest of governments, international institutions, scientists and researchers. The new imperatives on CSR have increased the requirements of companies towards the education and preparation of experts with the requisite skills and competences. The objective of the paper is to discuss how business universities meet the demand for new business models and management skills in order to help companies in Bulgaria to develop socially responsible practices.The study is based on a web-content analysis of the curricula and study programs of all Bulgarian universities training business and management students in Bachelor and Master programs. The obtained results regarding the current status of CSR education are interpreted in the context of CSR in businesses in Bulgaria. To this end, results were used from a large-scale study by the authors on the status and trends of development of CSR in Bulgaria, thus uncovering the needs of companies operating on the Bulgarian market in terms of employees with CSR skills and competences, and showing the gap between the demand and supply of CSR education for business and management graduates in Bulgarian universities (Bachelor and Master programs). The conclusions delineate the directions in which teaching CSR-related issues should develop in higher education institutions in Bulgaria.

Corporate social responsibility in management education: Current status in Spanish universities

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 604-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dolors Setó-Pamies ◽  
Misericordia Domingo-Vernis ◽  
Noemí Rabassa-Figueras
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Business And Management

AbstractIn the context of education for sustainable development, the purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of a study in Spain into the extent to which corporate social responsibility (CSR) is taught in management schools. The study makes an exploratory and descriptive web-content analysis of the curriculum and subjects on Business and Management degrees at all universities in Spain. Our findings show that a high percentage of universities include CSR-related subjects on their curriculum. CSR content is taught as either specific CSR subjects (stand-alone CSR subjects) or as part of various subjects on the academic curriculum (embedded CSR subjects). Although at first sight our findings may seem promising, a more detailed analysis shows that few universities include stand-alone CSR subjects and that although many universities have embedded CSR subjects, the CSR content is by no means fully developed.

Corporate social responsibility in management education: Current status in Spanish universities

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 604-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dolors Setó-Pamies ◽  
Misericordia Domingo-Vernis ◽  
Noemí Rabassa-Figueras
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Business And Management

AbstractIn the context of education for sustainable development, the purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of a study in Spain into the extent to which corporate social responsibility (CSR) is taught in management schools. The study makes an exploratory and descriptive web-content analysis of the curriculum and subjects on Business and Management degrees at all universities in Spain. Our findings show that a high percentage of universities include CSR-related subjects on their curriculum. CSR content is taught as either specific CSR subjects (stand-alone CSR subjects) or as part of various subjects on the academic curriculum (embedded CSR subjects). Although at first sight our findings may seem promising, a more detailed analysis shows that few universities include stand-alone CSR subjects and that although many universities have embedded CSR subjects, the CSR content is by no means fully developed.

Making Corporate Social Responsibility Work: Recommendations for Utilizing the Power of a Shared Purpose

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Linnabery ◽  
Dominic Cottone ◽  
Karen West
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Shared Purpose ◽  
Meaning And Purpose ◽  
Corporate Social

Aguinis and Glavas (2013) provide a framework for understanding corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs and their outcomes. They suggest that embedding CSR within the strategy and everyday practices of an organization will help employees find meaning and purpose in their work. However, successfully implementing a large-scale organizational change—such as embedding CSR in all aspects of strategy and day-to-day business practices—brings many challenges. For example, in order for organizational change initiatives to succeed, organizational members must buy into the change, those at the top must drive the change, organizational members must be held accountable for implementing the change, and rewards should be tied to the behaviors that align with the change (Austin & Bartunek, 2003). In this article, we will expand upon Aguinis and Glavas to provide recommendations of how to uncover a shared purpose to inform CSR initiatives. Herein we provide recommendations for how to increase the likelihood of success when embedding CSR by first achieving the necessary understanding of what drives the organizational members' purpose and meaning before implementing the change.

Hollow Notion of Corporate Social Responsibility. Introduction of a Frame Field Model to Investigate CSR in Public Discourses

MedienJournal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franzisca Weder
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Frame Field ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Corporate Social

The present study examines the relevance and framing of Corporate Social Responsibility in the mass media. Challenged by the ethically (over)loaded issue of responsibility, communication studies are searching for a new understanding of framing to investigate phenomena of new economic values like Corporate Social Responsibility in public discourses. For the quantitative content analysis put forward herein, frames are described as footprints of diverse positions, which determine a given public discourse. The longitudinal analysis of 26 German-speaking newspapers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland between 1999 and 2008, a phase where CSR was aligned in business practices and CSR communication established in public discourses, aims at identifying CSR-frames as well as inquiring into the existence of a public discourse about CSR. The results show that there is no discourse on CSR itself. Instead of the assumed multiple issue-specific frames, CSR itself is (ab)used as a masterframe or “buzz word” in economic discourses.

scholarly journals Reimagining Corporate Social Responsibility in the Era of COVID-19: Embedding Resilience and Promoting Corporate Social Competence

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6548
Author(s):  
Jingchen Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Company Law ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Ex Ante ◽  
Inclusive Business ◽  
Corporate Social

The debate over corporate objectives and how companies deal with amplified existing societal inequalities and vulnerabilities has received increasing attention in recent years, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic encouraged companies and policy makers to consider ways to develop a more enabling institutional environment, not only to tackle the ongoing crisis but also to prepare for similar future tests. Against this backdrop, the purpose of this paper is to focus on the significance and effectiveness of ex ante corporate social responsibility (CSR) law approaches in tackling the challenges brought by the pandemic. We investigate the uniqueness of the sustainable development challenges in the era of the pandemic, and introduce “corporate social competence” as a compliance principle in response to the need for forward-looking approaches to risk management and strategic planning. We use two ex ante legislative approaches in company law, namely mandatory CSR policy and legally recognised inclusive business models, as examples to illuminate the contribution of company law to navigate the pandemic beyond philanthropic CSR actions.

scholarly journals The Incidence of Social Responsibility in the Adoption of Business Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Arenas-Torres ◽  
Miguel Bustamante-Ubilla ◽  
Roberto Campos-Troncoso
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Collective Impact ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Socially Relevant ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies are evidenced by adopting socially relevant business practices for people, communities, companies, and related institutions. Based on this conception, the present work determines the incidence of ethics and CSR on practices regarding diversity, environment, and community of Chilean companies. The method, applied to a sample of 3179 Chilean companies, was descriptive and correlational. Results demonstrate an incipient level of standardization in the adoption of social responsibility practices. The dimension regarding diversity presented a higher cumulative correlation coefficient, which could lead to a change in CSR practices. It is concluded that the collective impact of the ethics and CSR policies was positive and significant in the adoption of practices related to diversity, environment, and community.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (CSRS) Initiatives among European and Asian Business Schools: A Web-based Content Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1231-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsin Abdur Rehman ◽  
Muhammad Kashif ◽  
Michela Mingione
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business School ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Practical Implications

The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which MBA programmes offered by top European and Asian B-schools have a corporate social responsibility and sustainability (CSRS) orientation as per their websites. The websites of top-200 (based on the QS Global Business and Management University Rankings 2015) European and Asian B-schools were explored and content analysed to reach meaningful conclusions. The findings reveal European B-schools have much stronger CSRS orientation once compared with the Asian B-schools. Furthermore, only few B-schools promote CSRS centres on their websites which has some useful practical implications. This is the first study to explore the CSRS orientation among top-200 European and Asian B-schools based on an analysis of their respective websites. Additionally, a cross-continental comparison between European and Asian MBA programmes is unique to this study. The results have implications for global managers, in general, and business school policymakers, in specific, to embark the CSR initiatives to gain competitive advantage.

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