TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose – By exploring what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not, its opposite termed Corporate Social Irresponsibility (CSI), we raise understanding and focus awareness on the material differences and associated arguments for and against.Approach – Background, context, and theory introduce the concept of a continuum between CSI and CSR, which is illustrated in a progression of graphic figures.Findings – Focus on the affirmation of CSR has distracted attention and resources from a more addressable concern: identification and denunciation of antisocial business behavior. Focusing instead on the opposite, defined here as CSI, avoids much of the ambiguity of CSR and presents a clarifying continuum between the two.Originality – Using engaging logic, uncommon connections are made between such erstwhile polar-opposites as Friedman and Carroll to reveal broad agreement that CSI is destructive and can be universally opposed.Implications – While promotion of CSR remains contentious, a broader range of business and thought leaders can find common ground by focusing on the CSI side of the continuum and uniting against it. Practitioners, academicians, and activists alike can agree that social benefits are greater from focusing on reduction of CSI rather than on promotion of CSR.
VL  - 4
SN  - 978-1-78052-999-8, 978-1-78052-998-1/2043-9059
DO  - 10.1108/S2043-9059(2012)0000004010
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-9059(2012)0000004010
AU  - Clark Timothy S.
AU  - Grantham Kristen N.
ED  - Ralph Tench
ED  - William Sun
ED  - Brian Jones
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - What CSR is not: Corporate Social Irresponsibility
T2  - Corporate Social Irresponsibility: A Challenging Concept
T3  - Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 23
EP  - 41
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -