scholarly journals Words and deeds. Corporate Social Responsibility in higher education institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 33-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Przemysław Rotengruber
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Partners ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Additional Explanation

The purpose of the paper is twofold. Firstly, to formulate a definition of University social responsibility (which takes into account social expectations towards this institution and its internal determinants as well). The final result of this research is the definition built on two concepts. On one hand, it is a stakeholder policy, on the other hand, a whistleblower policy. These are the criteria of responsibility, that is to say, rules which make the institution transparent and open to social criticism. Secondly, the article tends to establish whether a university in Poland (treated as a dominant institution of knowledge) is rightly seen as an irresponsible partner of civil society. Form the business ethics perspective the university is the more responsible, the more intensive are its relations with the social environment represented by stakeholders and whistleblowers. When they do not play their parts properly, the relations must be considered dysfunctional. Additional explanation of this problem is provided by the theory of management. In a use of the concept of the final customer, public opinion can find out if it—really—is the main interlocutor of the university. Social partners of this institution focus their attention on politicians and public administration taken as the alternative final customer of the academic product.

scholarly journals Biomimetic Organisations: A Management Model that Learns from Nature

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2329
Author(s):  
Edita Olaizola ◽  
Rafael Morales-Sánchez ◽  
Marcos Eguiguren Huerta
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Continuous Learning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social

Since the end of the last century, different approaches for corporate management have been appearing that try to incorporate the social advances that are being produced and disseminated thanks to the greater capacity of communication available through social networks and other traditional avenues. Among the best known are Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, the Circular Economy, and Collaborative Economics. All of them add value to organisations, and all of them have a common characteristic: they are anthropocentric approaches. Our proposal goes a step further: we need a worldview that is capable of placing organisations in a position of continuous learning looking at nature, because it is the best way to integrate into it as a more ecosystem and thus achieve its flowering respecting the once to all the other subsystems that make up the planet: Organizational Biomimicry. This work compares the anthropocentric vision with the worldview at the same time that it offers a guide of the essential steps so that Organizational Biomimicry is the new model of corporate management.

scholarly journals Should Corporate Social Responsibility Around The World be Mandatory or Voluntary?

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 169-193
Author(s):  
Mohammad Alwasmi ◽  
Ahmad Alderbas
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Voluntary Activity ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an idea that has grown during the last three decades from the voluntary activity of business firms into a debate about whether CSR should be mandated by law because of the increased demand from society. Further, it has been argued that business corporations are owned by their shareholders, and the managers must concentrate on maximizing the wealth of their shareholders and not of the community. To determine how better to apply CSR, this paper begins with looking at the evolution of CSR as a system around the world and then discusses the definition of CSR. In addition, this paper explores the advantages and disadvantages of implementing voluntary CSR and then explores mandatory CSR. Moreover, in this paper, it is found that determining the proper CSR system depends on many factors in each country, such as the social, economic and legal factors that should be examined before applying mandatory or voluntary CSR.

scholarly journals Social Responsibility At The Academic Level. Study Case: The University Of Bucharest

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Marinescu ◽  
Sorin Toma ◽  
Ionut Constantin
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Major Subject ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Case ◽  
High Level ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The University

In the last decades the corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been a major subject both for universities, civil society and businesses. Although the CSR concept is especially promoted by large multinational and transnational corporations, it has become also a prominent issue for universities. Social responsibility represents more than a challenge for universities. It has to be a purpose of the universities, taking into account that young people formation also means creating a high level of awareness about the need to involve members of society in solving social problems. Our paper contributes for better clarifying the CSR concept and presents as a study case some of initiatives of the University of Bucharest related to the social responsibility.

scholarly journals Implementation Corporate Social Responsibility Of Regional Owned Business Agencies To Help Handling Covid-19 In Kendal

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-98
Author(s):  
Andhang Kuswandriyo
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Economic Democracy ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Environmental Mobilization ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Corporate Social

Abstract                                                                              Improve the welfare of the community in the area around the company and corporate responsibility. This can happen because the community feels affected by the environment that comes from the company's operations. The improvement of conditions in the social environment is one way of fulfilling the responsibilities known as corporate social responsibility or CSR. The definition of economic democracy in the national economy is based on the principles of unity, equity, sustainability of function, environmental mobilization, independence, and in maintaining the balance of development and national economic unity, it is important to support the 'main economic institutions; to determine the welfare of the people. CSR activities for the community are a process of migration and are related to the existing resources in the community. Currently, Social Welfare is no longer voluntary in nature but it has become the responsibility of many companies to implement it, although so far there have been no serious sanctions imposed on non-CSR companies. Keywords: CSR; Corporate social responsibility; Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 40 of 2007; Community Welfare

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility and Management of Environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Nitesh Raj
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Central Government ◽  
The Other ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Community Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Corporate Social

<p><em>These days when the Central Government is interested in Make in India campaign the scale of management or evaluation of business is not as if used to be about fifty years ago. At that time only that business organization was considered good which was earning profit for its owner but today the situation is absolutely changed. Today business has to look to the interest of many other stakeholders along with the interest of the owner. The employees- line and top management, consumers, suppliers, competitors, government, community, environment and even the world happen to be the other stakeholders. This responsibility of business, which includes the satisfaction of these parties along with the owner, is called the social responsibility of business or corporate sectors.</em></p>

Corporate social responsibility á la the liberal communist

Organization ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Cederström ◽  
Michael Marinetto
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Good ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dynamic Structures ◽  
The One ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Practical Nature

This article explores the ‘liberal communist’, a conceptual and satirical figure originally elaborated in the work of Slavoj Žižek (2008). The liberal communist claims (1) that there is no opposition between capitalism and the social good; (2) that all problems are of a practical nature, and hence best solved by corporate engagement and (3) that hierarchies, authority and centralized bureaucracies should be replaced by dynamic structures, a nomadic lifestyle and a flexible spirit. This analysis of the liberal communist has at least two implications for research on CSR. First, it examines the ideological role of CSR by moving beyond a propaganda view, instead offering an ideological reading that focuses on the ways in which CSR seeks to obliterate any existing contradictions between ‘philanthropic actions’ on the one hand and ‘profit-seeking business activities’ on the other hand. Second, it demonstrates how critique is not necessarily what corporations seek to avoid, but something that they actively engage in.

The Dilemma of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Case Study of PT. Inco

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Noorwahid Sofjan
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Voluntary Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
A Company

Since the CSR discourse has been widely discussed, the debate about the concept of CSR as an expression of moral responsibility and sensitivity to the social and environmental world has received resistance from some circles. The reason is that some people are trying to avoid CSR obligations. This paper talks about how the discourse and thinking about CSR struggles. Is CSR a voluntary activity for the company or is it an obligation (mandatory)? Then the authors describe the Indonesian context of CSR. And before the conclusion, the author tries to describe a case example of a CSR program run by a company in Indonesia and tries to analyze it from a human security perspective. As a result, from a human security perspective, the concept of CSR in Indonesia is still a problem. The cause, scholars are still trapped in efforts to formulate a detailed definition of CSR. As a result, practically the CSR program has not been seen as a humanitarian program. And it is still limited to a technical matter of fulfilling the company's procedural obligations.

The Dilemma of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Case Study of PT. Inco

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Noorwahid Sofjan
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Voluntary Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
A Company

Since the CSR discourse has been widely discussed, the debate about the concept of CSR as an expression of moral responsibility and sensitivity to the social and environmental world has received resistance from some circles. The reason is that some people are trying to avoid CSR obligations. This paper talks about how the discourse and thinking about CSR struggles. Is CSR a voluntary activity for the company or is it an obligation (mandatory)? Then the authors describe the Indonesian context of CSR. And before the conclusion, the author tries to describe a case example of a CSR program run by a company in Indonesia and tries to analyze it from a human security perspective. As a result, from a human security perspective, the concept of CSR in Indonesia is still a problem. The cause, scholars are still trapped in efforts to formulate a detailed definition of CSR. As a result, practically the CSR program has not been seen as a humanitarian program. And it is still limited to a technical matter of fulfilling the company's procedural obligations.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility: the Challenges and Constraints

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 143-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryszard Piasecki ◽  
Janusz Gudowski
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Income Redistribution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Competitive Position ◽  
Effective Instrument ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Corporate Social

This article discusses the chances and vulnerabilities of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on two main levels: the small and medium sector at a local level; and big corporations at the macro and international levels. The modern understanding of the definition of CSR is also analyzed. This concept in the management sciences is often misunderstood because it is usually seen as one means in the struggle to achieve a better competitive position. On the other hand, for the development sciences CSR is an effective instrument of income redistribution and as an addition to state support for the underprivileged social groups.

The contemporary definition of university social responsibility with quantifiable sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 888-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issam Kouatli
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Venn Diagram ◽  
Cloud Service Provider ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Green Cloud ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The University

Purpose The university social responsibility (USR) is still in embryonic stage compared to corporate social responsibility (CSR) which is still debatable by researchers. The purpose of this paper is to propose the contemporary dimension (on top of teaching and research dimensions) of USR in most educational institutes. Based on this new definition, a proposal of a mechanism to quantify USR sustainability was presented. Design/methodology/approach Based on a review of the theme of the CSR with the inter-related recent research on USR with researchers perspectives, characteristics of USR were identified and incorporated in the proposed newly definition of USR. The new definition takes into account the interrelationship of university–corporate communication and create shared value (CSV) principle, as well as the knowledgeability and sustainability. Findings Based on the review of most active research in the USR development and the concluded contemporary definition of USR, this paper proposes a new extended version of sustainability suitable for educational institutes, where it is composed of different zones, and each zone was defined in terms of value of sustainability with associated knowledgeability in each zone. The Green Cloud project was taken as a vehicle to demonstrate collaboration between a university and cloud service provider located in Middle East (Dubai). Sustainability quantification was provided with hypothetical numbers to illustrate the technique. Research limitations/implications This paper is focused on University-specific social responsibility rather than general CSR. The proposed contemporary definition of the USR is a hybrid of a mutated latest research on CSR as well as cascaded recent development on USR. The view of this new definition can have different arguments depending on the ideology (communitarianism as opposed to individualism) adopted by specific university admiration of the objective of social responsibility which is sometimes driven by the political and strategic views of countries and the regions. However, the proposed sustainability zone-split between the CSV type of projects and the reputation values (described via hypothetical example) can minimize the gap between the two ideologies. Originality/value This paper attempts to provide a universally acceptable definition of the USR based on different points of views of researchers and tries to accommodate both ideologies toward social responsibility into one coherent framework. The sustainability Venn diagram was extended and made suitable for educational institutes. This approach facilitates the mechanism of quantifying the value of sustainability of a university or educational institutes. Hypothetical “Green Cloud” project was used as a mechanism to show the quantification process.

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