Aspects of Social Responsibility in the Information Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 2542-2556
Author(s):  
Simon Rogerson
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Electronic Patient Records ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Planning Development ◽  
Corporate Social

The Information Society must be based on fundamental assumptions about information and human information rights, access, privacy, self-determination and personal control rather than on privilege, power and special interest. Those involved in the planning, development and implementation of the information systems that turn the Information Society into a reality are the custodians of the greatest change agent yet devised. They must recognise their social responsibilities and act accordingly for the benefit of society and its citizens. This chapter serves as an illustration of what types of social responsibility issues need to be addressed, who must address them and how they might be addressed. It discusses some of the basic aspects of social responsibility and the implications for the Information Society, drawing in particular from Corporate Social Responsibility. Five disparate cases illustrate how concepts are turned into real organisational policy. Two example applications, electronic voting and electronic patient records are used to illustrate the types of social responsibility issues that need to be addressed in order to tackle the digital divide and satisfy the needs and aspirations of stakeholders.

Aspects of Social Responsibility in the Information Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Rogerson
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Electronic Patient Records ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Planning Development ◽  
Corporate Social

The Information Society must be based on fundamental assumptions about information and human information rights, access, privacy, self-determination and personal control rather than on privilege, power and special interest. Those involved in the planning, development and implementation of the information systems that turn the Information Society into a reality are the custodians of the greatest change agent yet devised. They must recognise their social responsibilities and act accordingly for the benefit of society and its citizens. This chapter serves as an illustration of what types of social responsibility issues need to be addressed, who must address them and how they might be addressed. It discusses some of the basic aspects of social responsibility and the implications for the Information Society, drawing in particular from Corporate Social Responsibility. Five disparate cases illustrate how concepts are turned into real organisational policy. Two example applications, electronic voting and electronic patient records are used to illustrate the types of social responsibility issues that need to be addressed in order to tackle the digital divide and satisfy the needs and aspirations of stakeholders.

Association between Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures and Firm Value – Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bich Thi Ngoc Nguyen ◽  
Hai Thi Thanh Tran ◽  
Oanh Hoang Le ◽  
Phuoc Thi Nguyen ◽  
Thien Hiep Trinh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Stock Exchanges ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

A number of studies in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have suggested that corporates accountable for social responsibilities had better financial performance. However, this relationship had remained undiscovered in Vietnam. The purpose of this research was to examine a link between Corporate Social Responsibility disclosures and firm value in Vietnam. A sample of 50 companies listed on stock exchanges in Hochiminh City (HOSE) and Hanoi (HNX) were investigated from 2010 to 2013. Content of annual reports were analyzed to measure corporate social responsibilities, and Tobin’s Q ratio was proxied for firm value. Regression analysis tests indicated that social responsibility disclosures are associated with following year’s firm value. Specifically, the relationship between environmental information provision and following year’s firm value was positive, while that between employee disclosures and firm value was negative. The results show a positive sign for Vietnamese firms that take on environmental responsibilities.

Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility in Healthcare Through Digital and Traditional Tools

2020 ◽  
pp. 184-208
Author(s):  
Gianpaolo Tomaselli ◽  
Lalit Garg ◽  
Vipul Gupta ◽  
Peter A. Xuereb ◽  
Sandra C. Buttigieg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Interactive Technologies ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Continuous Technology ◽  
Corporate Social

Health systems are currently facing a series of challenges dealing with continuous technology advances and social demands, which require changes at managerial and policy level that fully incorporate social responsibilities within healthcare organizations' strategy. Thus, communicating corporate social responsibility (CSR) takes an important role in today's health contexts worldwide. This work aims to investigate CSR communication in healthcare through the use of both traditional and interactive technologies by adopting a mixed qualitative-quantitative research approach. To this extent, a comparative research was conducted in two different countries with different health systems and contexts, namely Malta and India. Findings show that healthcare organisations of both countries are increasing their awareness towards their social responsibilities and the different ways of communicating their CSR activities. A mixed strategy—including both digital (interactive technologies) and traditional tools—was identified as the most effective way of communicating CSR in a healthcare context.

Research on the Marketing Strategies Based on Corporate Social Responsibility

2014 ◽  
Vol 926-930 ◽  
pp. 3922-3925
Author(s):  
Yin Hua Hu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Corporate Social

At present, there exist a lot of phenomenons of lack of social responsibilities for many companies while carrying out marketing activities, which result in tremendous damage and impact on the life and health of the publics, as well as serious psychological shock to the publics’ confidence on consumption safety. Aiming at the consumption safety incidents which frequently occur in China recently, it is proposed that the enterprises should actively take on relative social responsibilities and implement marketing strategies based on social responsibility.

Corporate social responsibility, governance and stakeholders: a bank in the upbeat of the crisis

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 388-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Jan de Graaf
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
A Company

Purpose Using the global financial crisis as a critical event and based on institutional theory and stakeholder theory, this paper aims to explore the relationship between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The question is how stakeholders can influence corporate responses to societal change by using their position in the governance structure. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on a historical analysis of data collected mainly between 2002 and 2004. The historical perspective enables an understanding of the response of the company to environmental changes. Findings The approach enables researchers to relate the normative component of CSR to specific governance mechanisms. These governance mechanisms are specified in direct and indirect influence pathways. Historical data shed light on how, in the upbeat of the crisis, stakeholders have influenced the principles and policies of the ING Group, a Dutch financial company. Research limitations/implications The paper suggests that stakeholders influence principles – normative assumptions that guide corporate decisions – mainly in dialogue-based meetings (direct influence pathways). Companies are made accountable in indirect influence pathways such as regulations. The author also demonstrates that a historical approach enables an understanding of long-term historical developments and the linking of corporate policies to the normative assumptions of stakeholders. Practical implications If stakeholders wish to assess the social responsibility of a company, then they should assess the governance structure in relation to the principles and policies. The power structure within a company and that within the institutional framework in which the company operates (the governance system) strongly influences how a company executes its social responsibilities. Social implications The paper demonstrates how stakeholders can use the governance structure to influence a bank. If society – or a specific group in society – wants banks to play a different role, this paper points to what could be the levers of change in the governance system and the governance structure. Originality/value Insights into the complex relationship between corporate governance and the processes in which the social responsibilities of a company are developed.

scholarly journals A Conceptual Framework on the Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: Profitability, Leverage and Company Size

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1(I)) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Noegrahini Lastiningsih ◽  
Ermawati
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Company Size ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social

This research begins with environmental damage is mostly carried out by companies with the background of company activities related to nature, and companies in Indonesia have not been able to carry out their social responsibilities to the society and the culture in which they operate to their full potential. This phenomenon also proves that the legal basis is not sufficient to motivate companies to carry out CSR as well as possible, but it also making social concerns a priority and part of the company's corporate plan needs engagement and support from management and shareholders. The aim of this research was to find out what factors influence corporate social responsibility disclosure on the Indonesian stock exchange. This study has three objectives namely to find out profitability, leverage and company size for corporate social responsibility disclosure. Therefore, this study relates to the measurement of corporate social responsibility disclosures by companies listed on the Indonesian stock exchange.

scholarly journals On the relationship between corporate social responsibility and competitive performance in Brazilian Small and Medium Enterprises - empirical evidence from a stakeholders’ perspective

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Regina Back
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Competitive Performance ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Corporate Social

This paper aims to show that the strategic incorporation of socially responsible actions, in small and medium enterprises contribute to improving the competitiveness of those organizations. The analysis is from a multi-stakeholder perspective. It investigates the link among firms’ relationship with key stakeholders with the objective to find out if there is a competitive advantage in applying Corporate Social Responsibilities practices. Besides the direct influence of Corporate Social Responsibility practices on competitive performance, the mediating connection of relationship improvements has been analyzed. By using their influence, stakeholders hold the key to the environment in which the organization operates and its subsequent financial performance. The empirical analysis was constructed on survey data through structural equation modeling (SEM). To accomplish this assignment data were collected from a sample of Brazilian SMEs. Participants were firms from the Southern region of Brazil mainly from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Parana. The outcome shows that there is a strong connection between the development of Social Responsibilities practices and relational improvements. In addition, the significant relationship in developing Social Responsibilities Practices positively translates, with a high accuracy outcome into competitive performances.

Understanding the impacts of corporate social responsibility and brand attributes on brand equity in the restaurant industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S Lin ◽  
Yeasun K Chung
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Brand Equity ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Restaurant Industry ◽  
Single Measure ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Brand Attributes ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to understand how corporate social responsibility (CSR) toward food, environment, employment, and community affects the dimensions of brand equity. It also examines the roles of size, segment, and brand identity in the relationship between CSR and brand equity in the restaurant industry. A set of five surveys with hypothetical CSR situations was used. The results of analyses indicate that CSR has a positive impact on brand equity depending on brand size, segment, and identity as well as a type of CSR. This study suggests that restaurants’ social responsibilities should not be simplified with a single measure of CSR as each type of CSR builds a particular aspect of brand equity. Brand attributes such as brand size, segment, and identity also extend the understanding of the CSR-brand equity relationship.

scholarly journals Profit Maximization Versus Stakeholders’ View of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Experiential Exercise on Ethics and Social Responsibility for Business School Courses

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Sukumar C. Debnath ◽  
Sudhir R. Tandon ◽  
B. Brian Lee
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business School ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibilities ◽  
Highly Involved

While issues related to ethics and social responsibility have gained tremendous significance in corporate and academic worlds during the recent times, these concepts are difficult to grasp and even more difficult to teach in a classroom setting. This experiential exercise serves as a vehicle for students to enhance their understanding and insights on these concepts as they critically examine, in a highly involved setting, the two opposing views of corporate social responsibilities--profit maximization only versus stakeholders’ view of social responsibility. 

FEATURES

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (06) ◽  
pp. 35-52
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
International Research ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Community Benefits ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibilities

Hospitals' Community Benefits. The Question of Fair Benefits in International Research. Access to Medicines and Corporate Social Responsibilities of the Pharmaceutical Industry. Corporate Social Responsibility of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Solidaristic Terms.

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