TY - JOUR AB - There is a traditional discrepancy in the specialized literature on how the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) should be understood. Additionally, there is a further situation, which in our opinion is also contradictory; many organisations are developing CSR projects; on the other hand, there is a proliferation of news on these organizations that lead us to question what the true extent of their commitment to CSR is. To that purpose, we have developed a case study that has allowed us to verify that one of the most active organisations in Spain in terms of the CSR adopted is using it basically as a marketing instrument, since it is using its at least formal compliance with institutional rules in order to increase its legitimacy in front of its main stakeholders. VL - 2 IS - 1 SN - 1747-1117 DO - 10.1108/eb045824 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045824 AU - Escobar Pérez Bernabé AU - María González González José PY - 2006 Y1 - 2006/01/01 TI - Corporate Social Responsibility at a Multinational Electricity Corporation: A Longitudinal Case Study T2 - Social Responsibility Journal PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 69 EP - 82 Y2 - 2024/04/26 ER -