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Corporate social responsibility, performance, smes. Corporate responsibility or sustainability is therefore a prominent feature of the business and society literature, addressing topics of business ethics, corporate social performance, global corporate citizenship, and stakeholder management. Corporate social responsibility as an obligation according to j. We then link individual concerns to corporate social responsibility, contrasting three possible. Journal of the european economic association, 623, 32152. However, corporate social responsibility has negative effect on financial performance tobins q, either direct or indirect effect through efficiency. An exclusive group of industry and thought leaders brought together by the. The corporate social responsibility csr trend lougee 2008. Corporate social responsibility, csr initiatives, csr challenges. On corporate social responsibility solutions journal. Corporate social responsibility and international business. Our article addresses how individuals make sense of corporate social responsibility csr and find meaningfulness through work.
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Corporate social responsibility csr has existed in name for over 70 years. The effects of perceived corporate social responsibility. Over the last few years an increasing number of companies worldwide started promoting their. The journal deals with strategy and social responsibility at functionlevel as well as from the firm perspective. The issues of poverty and inequality, unemployment and the poor living conditions of employees in communities where local and multinational corporations operate have reemerged on the development agenda as a result of growing labour unrest in south africa, particularly in the mining sector. Corporate social responsibility academy of management.
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