scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Supply Chains: Deeds Not Words

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3675
Author(s):  
Holger Görg ◽  
Aoife Hanley ◽  
Adnan Seric
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Ceteris Paribus ◽  
Corporate Social

The disconnect between the lofty aspirations of firms claiming Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and their shortcomings in practice have caused some observers to question its usefulness. The fallout from events like the Rana Plaza catastrophe has highlighted some of these shortcomings—namely, deficiencies in how multinational enterprises (MNEs) transact with suppliers in developing countries. Specifically, our paper aims to investigate whether or not MNEs behave hypocritically by examining the alignment of CSR to business practices in MNE affiliates in developing countries. To answer this question, we apply standard ordinary least squares (OLS) techniques to data for over 1000 MNEs that claim to have a CSR ethos. We find that CSR-active enterprises report significantly higher worker wages, ceteris paribus. Local African suppliers benefit from CSR through knowledge transfer, but only when MNEs make tangible investments in supplier development.

Defining Corporate Social Responsibility for Developing and Developed Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duane Windsor
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Theory Versus ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Alternative Understanding

This chapter proposes a conceptual framework for comparing enterprise and governmental approaches to corporate social responsibility (CSR) for developed and developing countries. An enterprise approach is voluntary. A governmental approach provides either requirements or guidance, strong or weak, for enterprise CSR. Focus is on multinational enterprises (MNEs), for two reasons. First, MNEs may operate across quite different conditions. Second, a major MNE concern has to do with fair trade and sustainable development supply chains. The chapter considers three approaches found in the extant literature. One approach asserts autonomy of developing countries from developed countries, and thus divergence of enterprise and governmental CSR by type of context. A second approach examines global convergence as highly context path-dependent and perhaps cosmetic. A third approach emphasizes “glocality” combining global thinking with local action. The author proposes an alternative understanding of how to compare CSR for developed and developing countries using theory versus context.

scholarly journals Internal and external determinants of corporate social responsibility practices in multinational enterprise subsidiaries in developing countries: evidence from Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolossa Fufa Gulema ◽  
Yadessa Tadesse Roba
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Local Orientation ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Csr Strategies ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Different Characteristics

AbstractThe purpose of the study is to investigate the internal drivers and external determinants of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies practiced by multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) using institutional theory and the resource-based view. We propose that MNEs’ local business orientations and political behaviors are highly related to firms’ CSR selection as internal and external determinants, respectively, and we integrate the actual CSR practices from different characteristics to exploring and exploiting strategies. A multiple regression analysis was conducted by using survey data collected from MNE subsidiaries operating in Ethiopia. We found that firms who are oriented to raise competitiveness with collaborative attitudes toward host governments seek more exploring CSR practices. On the other hand, firms’ local orientation that is to build legitimacy with accommodative attitudes toward host governments has positive relations with exploiting CSR practices. Furthermore, contrary to the expectation the result revealed that exploiting CSR practices are positively related to both orientations, which implies that traditional CSR practices are treated fundamentally of importance in developing countries.

Defining Corporate Social Responsibility for Developing and Developed Countries

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duane Windsor
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Theory Versus ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Alternative Understanding

This chapter proposes a conceptual framework for comparing enterprise and governmental approaches to corporate social responsibility (CSR) for developed and developing countries. An enterprise approach is voluntary. A governmental approach provides either requirements or guidance, strong or weak, for enterprise CSR. Focus is on multinational enterprises (MNEs), for two reasons. First, MNEs may operate across quite different conditions. Second, a major MNE concern has to do with fair trade and sustainable development supply chains. The chapter considers three approaches found in the extant literature. One approach asserts autonomy of developing countries from developed countries, and thus divergence of enterprise and governmental CSR by type of context. A second approach examines global convergence as highly context path-dependent and perhaps cosmetic. A third approach emphasizes “glocality” combining global thinking with local action. The author proposes an alternative understanding of how to compare CSR for developed and developing countries using theory versus context.

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 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.

scholarly journals PENGARUH REGULASI PEMERINTAH, TEKANAN MASYARAKAT, TEKANAN ORGANISASI LINGKUNGAN, TEKANAN MEDIA MASSA, TERHADAP CORPORATE SOCIAL DISCLOSURE

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Basuki Basuki ◽  
Corry Natasha Patrioty
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Empirical Finding ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Strong Argument ◽  
Corporate Social Disclosure ◽  
Community Pressure ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Social Disclosure

In recent conditions, company is not considers merely on profit, but there is strong argument that company must aware on its social environments. Hence, it is required that a company must disclose its social responsibility to the stakeholders. Corporate social disclosure itself is influenced by many factors. The objective of this study is to explain the influencing factors of corporate social responsibility. Based on the Stakeholders theory, the study will investigated social responsibility accounting phenomena on business practices. The research sites would be in PTPN- East Java consists of PTPN X, XI, and XII. Regressions models are used to test the formulated hypothesis. Data were collected by using questionnaires which were mailed to 58 top and middle managers in PTPN who directly or indirectly involved in the corporate social responsibility. The empirical finding showed that and partially Mass media pressure are significant factor to corporate social disclosure, meanwhile Government regulation, Community pressure, environmental organization pressure do not have significant effect on corporate social disclosure. However, simultaneously those factors significantly influence the PTPTN’s corporate social disclosure.

Board independence and corporate social responsibility reporting: mediating role of stakeholder power

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Afzalur Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Stakeholder Power

Purpose This study aims to examine the association between board independence and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and the moderating role of stakeholder power on the association between board independence and CSR reporting. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of 707 Bangladeshi firm-year observations, this study uses a content analysis technique to develop a 24-item of CSR reporting index. This study uses the ordinary least squares regression method to examine the relationship between board independence and CSR reporting. Findings The study finds that board independence does not influence CSR activities and relevant reporting in general. However, the non-influence of board independence and CSR reporting is offset by stakeholder power. Insider ownership, firm age, firm size, growth opportunities and market capitalisation have a positive influence on such reporting. Practical implications While this study suggests that stakeholders’ influence is an important factor in determining the firms’ incentives to disclose CSR information, this finding creates a new debate on the efficacy of independent directors and whether they are good monitors and are able to fulfil all the stakeholders’ expectations. Originality/value This study makes an important contribution to the literature on CSR practices by documenting that firms having powerful stakeholders induce the board and management to make more CSR reporting practices in the context of emerging economies.

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