This study examines how a firms corporate social responsibility csr performance is associated with the cost of its new bond issues. Csr requires the business organizations to entail the obligation from the implicit social contract. 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. Defining corporate social responsibility scholarlycommons. Management education can be an important source of new ideas. Concerns about corporate social responsibility csr have grown significantly during the last two decades campbell 2005, 1. Corporate social responsibility csr is one of the most coveted concepts of economic.
An overview of corporate social responsibility 4 what is the business case for csr. Handbook on corporate social responsibility csr for all. Corporate social responsibility csr refers to strategies corporations or firms. Corporate social responsibility in a comparative perspective pdf. Pdf overview of corporate social responsibility researchgate. Understanding csr its history and the recent developments. In this chapter, we will first look at the origin of. Norwegian energy company asa noreco or the company believes that. Pdf scandinavia is routinely cited as a global leader in corporate social responsibility csr and sustainability.
However, the meanings that scholars and practitioners can ascribe to the past and history differ fundamentally, posing challenges to the integration of history and csr thinking. Corporate social responsibility and sustainable business. The economist intelligence unit bears sole responsibility for this report. This is where people want businesses to stop causing problems, such as environmental polluting and contamination, and. However, there are also consequences of csr as different firms have. However, it has been suggested that over time, the relationship between the corporate donor. The first mention of csr, or corporate social responsibility, was in the 1960s. Corporate social responsibility and the norwegian leadership model. The reason for this confusion over the obligation to engage in corporate responsibility rests on the fact that the essential nature of the corporation is not well understood. The government also sets forth key focus areas for norwegian csr.
The findings show that the understanding of corporate responsibility has. The importance of corporate responsibility the importance of corporate responsibility is an economist intelligence unit white paper, sponsored by oracle. Corporate social responsibility in a global economy. Corporate social responsibility csr involves activities carried out by businesses based on the principles of transparency, ethical, moral and environmental values. Corporate social responsibility and the cost of corporate. Corporate social responsibility csr can be regarded in some ways as the. Corporate social responsibility csr is a type of international private business selfregulation. Mediumsized enterprises, the royal norwegian society for development, 2011, 31. The past, history, and corporate social responsibility. The origins of corporate social responsibility by eric c. Corporate social responsibility has become an important issue in business. Corporate social responsibility csr has long been highlighted by business and society as essential.
Implementing corporate social responsibility 18 task 1. Pdf corporate social responsibility and sustainability in. An emerging body of research recognizes the importance of the past and history for corporate social responsibility csr scholarship and practice. Although the concept of corporate social responsibility csr has been advocated for decades and is commonly. The economist intelligence units editorial team executed the surveys, conducted the interviews and wrote the report. Bowen as the father of corporate social responsibility because his book social responsibilities of the businessman 1953 dealt directly with the concept of social responsibility. Its origins can be traced to the rise of modern corporations whose shares can be freely. The revival of corporate social responsibility chapter ch01 61005 11.
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