scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility and Organisational Image of Selected Asian-owned Firms in Lagos State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Oluwadare Peter Kalejaiye ◽  
Adedeji Oluwaseun ADEWUSI
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Organizational Image ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Questionnaire Administration ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Image Building ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Qualitative Responses ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article examined Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) and Organizational Image of selected Asianowned manufacturing firms in Lagos state, Nigeria. Specifically, the CSR benefits enjoyed by local communities within which Asian firms operate were documented; the social determinants of CSR beneficiary were investigated and the perceived influence of these CSR programmes on the organizational image was examined. The Symbolic Interactionist theory was adopted to theoretically engage issues of interest. A total of 211 copies of questionnaire and 12 in-depth interviews were used to gather quantitative and qualitative data respectively. The responses from the questionnaire administration were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, while that of the qualitative responses were thematically analyzed. Findings revealed that majority of the residents claimed to have enjoyed all four CSR programmes of interest, aside from that of the scholarship. Those who never benefitted from these programmes were either unaware that such programmes were available or that those who benefitted from the programmes accessed them through the insider factor. Also, the study revealed that the highest educational qualification, duration of being a resident and sex were preconditions for benefitting in certain CSR programmes. Lastly, results revealed that the provision of scholarship and employment programmes enhanced the organizational image. Therefore, the article concluded that certain investment made by Asian-owned firms towards giving back to the society is a critical ingredient for organizational image building. It was, therefore, suggested that Asian-owned firms could give scholarships and create employment opportunities for residents of host communities, as this could promote their reputation, which is a prerequisite for business performance.

The Relationship of Sustainability Reporting and Share Prices with a Mediation of Green Invention: A Conceptual Review Paper

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uzair Bhatti ◽  
Noralfishah Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Practices ◽  
Sustainability Initiatives ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Sustainable Projects

Corporate Social Responsibility is considered to be an important part of company’s strategy. European and western countries are seriously improving the social, environmental, and economic practices to become a sustainable representatives. Firms which are implementing sustainable practices, likely to have a better business performance and brand image. Furthermore, Companies all over the world are encouraged to invest in the sustainable projects to build a better reputation to attract more investors. Besides, recent studies also showed that the investment in sustainable projects is considered to be a sunk cost for the company which discourages the investors to invest. The higher management needs to consider the investors behavior before investing in sustainable projects. The current study proposes a conceptual model to understand the investor’s behavior especially when management decides to promote the sustainable initiatives. This study will develop into a concrete hypothesis which will explore the shareholders reaction to the sustainable projects especially with mediation of green invention. The resulting model from the study will be taken as useful guide for adopting the sustainability initiatives which shows it will affect the share performance. 

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.

Corporate Social Responsibility of Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keetie Sluyterman
Keyword(s):  
International Management ◽  
Dutch Society ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Business System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
National Business ◽  
Over Time

On the basis of articles in contemporary periodicals, literature, and company archives, this article explores the views of entrepreneurs and society about what constitutes the responsibility of entrepreneurs. From the mid-nineteenth century, we can trace discussions about how entrepreneurs should behave in their own company and toward society, but these ideas were far from constant over time. The changing views on the social responsibilities of entrepreneurs give us therefore important information about changes in the national business system. Though focused on the Dutch entrepreneurs in their relationship to Dutch society, the article includes the influence of ideas from abroad. International management literature abounded in the Netherlands, and multinational companies often picked up ideas from other countries. How companies and entrepreneurs defined their responsibilities depended to a large extent on the criticisms launched by the outside world. Entrepreneurs and company managers responded to concerns in the society of which they formed part, and the progressive ones among them, the true leaders, searched for ways of reconciling the requirements of their business with the demands of the society.

scholarly journals Social inclusion and competitiveness of companies: Employing people with disabilities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Miethlich
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Csr Strategies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Csr Strategy ◽  
Corporate Social

Work enables participation in society. However, people with disabilities are particularly often affected by unemployment and thus by social exclusion. The social inclusion of people with disabilities, by promoting employment, can only be achieved by companies themselves. Deliberately employing people with disabilities, therefore, represents an important social responsibility of companies towards society. Evidence from the literature shows that corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, as well as social inclusion, are more than just a commitment and can bring various benefits to a company. The aim of the present study is therefore to analyse the case for promoting the employment of people with disabilities to show whether and to what extent social inclusion as part of the CSR strategy can contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of companies. The topic is viewed and analysed from different perspectives, using five dedicated journal papers, mainly based on qualitative data. The results reveal first insights as well as trends and tendencies and provide a basis for subsequent studies. They show that social inclusion as part of the CSR strategy can increase a company's competitiveness and business performance, presumed the company succeeds in creating a corporate culture that accepts and promotes social inclusion on one hand and creates awareness for CSR initiatives among stakeholders on the other. Simultaneously, governmental frameworks that respond positively to and expect sustainable development or social inclusion can provide additional and significant support to these concerns. Due to the limited literature and research on the subject, further research is necessary. In particular, there is a lack of best practice approaches on how social inclusion can be promoted in companies and implemented in CSR strategies.

scholarly journals Developing a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy in India Using the SA 8000 Standard

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3481
Author(s):  
Federica Murmura ◽  
Laura Bravi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Corporate Social

In today’s global markets, issues related to Corporate Social Responsibility have greater importance on business performance, and international standards are defined as tools for companies to internalize their sustainability requests. The aim of this paper is to understand how the Social Accountability 8000 (SA 8000) standard is managed by developing countries, focusing on Indian certified companies, analyzing, in detail, of the motivations and benefits that prompted them to certification and barriers to its implementation. The research is based on a qualitative multiple case study. A total number of six companies participated in the research. The study showed that one of the main reasons for Indian companies of being SA 8000 certified is the willingness to satisfy the request for greater transparency on the part of stakeholders and the market in general. The study shows that by certifying SA 8000, Indian textile companies want to be promoters of a more sustainable and ethical way of doing business. The value of the research lies in the decision to focus on the Indian market, and in the textile sector, since India is the first country with the largest number of SA 8000 certified companies among developing countries and its textile industry is relevant all around the world.

scholarly journals CSR Orientation from the Mexican Businessmen Perspective of Service Enterprises

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Teodoro Rafael Wendlandt Amezaga ◽  
Marco Alberto Nuñez Ramírez ◽  
José Luis Camarena Martínez ◽  
Brenda Yuriria Bejarano Lugo
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Probabilistic Sampling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Csr Orientation

The present study aimed to know the businessmen perception in Mexico regarding the four social responsibilities originally proposed by Carroll (1979); to that end, the investigation proposed to determine if there are differences between the values assigned by the businessmen for each of the social responsibilities, and in case of significant differences, to contrast these responsibilities in order to identify any pattern of relative importance among them. Additionally, the study also sought to determine significant correlations between the social responsibilities of business organizations. By means of a non-probabilistic sampling method, information was collected from a sample of 150 entrepreneurs of the service sector from a city located in a northwestern state of Mexico. The research results contribute with empirical evidence on the orientation of the corporate social responsibility in this country, by identifying differences and significant correlations between the social responsibilities. Furthermore, similarities were foundin the pattern of relative importance given to these responsibilities by businessmen in Mexico and other countries, reinforcing the idea that the economic dimension is the most important social responsibility for the business sector.

scholarly journals Philanthropy and the Contribution of Andrew Carnegie to Corporate Social Responsibility

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Andrzej Janowski
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Future Research ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Extensive Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Corporate Social

The idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has attracted the interests of both practitioners and scientists, particularly since 1953, when H. R. Bowen published The Social Responsibilities of the Businessman. Over the years, the CSR concept evolved and became a managerial phenomenon; it was applied to different sectors with supposedly excellent effects. Unfortunately, there was discourse around the meaning of CSR. In the world of science, there is no agreement as to the semantic area of CSR. Academics face absolute, undisturbed freedom in the formulation of its elements and definitions. That abovementioned ambiguity determined the situation the recent CSR literature is vague and biased, and an extensive analysis of the latest contributions are lacking. To address this gap, there has been proposed a systematic literature review and bibliometrics of 119 articles published in 45 peer-reviewed, high-quality academic journals and 19 books, from January 1950 to July 2020. There are three objectives of this paper: to analyze the recent CSR definitions in the context of Carnegie’s principles, to identify trends in that field and evaluate the utility of the scientific efforts in the abovementioned context, and to indicate the future research paths in the context of corporate social responsibility.

scholarly journals Communicating social responsibilities through CSR reports: Comparative study of top European and Asia-Pacific airlines

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0258687
Author(s):  
Xing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Airline Industry ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Global Reporting Initiative ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Labor Management ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Comprehensive Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social

Recently the outbreak of major social incidents has put the airline industry in the forefront of the debate. However, studies related to the social dimension of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards in aviation are limited. To fill the gap, this study explored the social themes of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices between European and Asia-Pacific based airlines. Quantitative content analysis is employed for comparing the social topics in CSR reports of 20 top airlines from Asia-Pacific and European regions over a 3-year period. It concludes that both regions focused more on labor management relations and supplier assessment. The Asia-Pacific airlines have placed special attention to adequacy of social information provided in their CSR reports while the European airlines kept reporting with a comprehensive method. This paper informs both academics and practitioners on the differences of the social dimension of sustainability between the European and Asia-Pacific aviation industry.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility in Liquid Times: The Case of Romania

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgiana Grigore ◽  
Mike Molesworth ◽  
Andreea Vontea ◽  
Abdullah Hasan Basnawi ◽  
Ogeday Celep ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractExisting scholarly work on corporate social responsibility (CSR) frequently emphasizes either normative/ethical claims about social progress or instrumental/strategic claims about corporate effectiveness, yet less often acknowledges the moral conditions of those undertaking CSR within a specific cultural context. In this paper, we draw attention to the social conditions in which CSR takes place and the related ethics of the subjects that must enact it. Our approach is to document the lived experiences of practitioners in Romania, a post-communist society. Drawing from fifty-three depth interviews with both corporate responsibility practitioners, and managers in non-profit organizations who together work on CSR projects, we describe their experiences of the social and organizational environment, the CSR practices that are undertaken in this context, and the intended and unintended consequences of such work. Using Bauman’s theorization of ethics, including adiaphora and moral distancing, and Borţun’s interpretation of Romanianness, we then theorize liquid CSR as an ambivalence between adiaphoric practice (instrumental morality, careerism and self-interest) and the moral impulse to do good, resulting in both intended (short-term promotion and competitive victimhood) and unintended consequences (a potential for corruption and collateral beneficiaries).

scholarly journals The Impact Of Adopting The Social Responsibility On Marketing Performance An Applied Study on NAFTAL Company

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (123) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
BENDJIMA Omar ◽  
BENLAKHDAR Mohamed Larbi ◽  
NEFFAH Zakariya
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Marketing Performance ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Descriptive Method

This research paper aims at studying the effect of adopting the corporate social responsibility on marketing performance indicators, where the study adopted the descriptive method for theoretical concepts, in addition to the statistical approach by using the SPSS v25 program to analyze the questionnaire and test the hypotheses of the study. The results showed that there is a positive correlation between social responsibility and marketing performance indicators, and the study found that it is better for NAFTAL Company to mix the environmental and social responsibilities in order to improve its marketing performance. Also, the study recommended that Naftal should adopt the four responsibilities equally, correctly and make its workers more aware of environmental and social responsibility through establishing it as a belief in its mission and vision, in order to gain a global position.

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