Introduction

Abstract

Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are an important topic of research in their own right to understand how corporate social responsibility (CSR) operates in such organisations. To consider this, it is first necessary to consider the extent to which existing theory applies to such organisations. Thus, what we first need to know is whether CSR in NGOs works similarly to the way it does in commercial organisations and therefore existing theory is applicable or whether it works differently but the same theory is applicable or even whether it works completely differently and new theory is needed. The starting point therefore for this book is to investigate some theoretical issues to consider this question and help to arrive at an answer. This is very pertinent because we are still discovering that CSR is not the same in all parts of the world, with differences between developed and developing countries and differences between multinationals and SMEs (see Aras, Crowther, & Vettori, 2009 and the various chapters therein).

Citation

(2010), "Introduction", Aras, G. and Crowther, D. (Ed.) NGOs and Social Responsibility (Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Vol. 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-0523(2010)0000001005