Social Responsibility Journal: Volume 6 Issue 3

Latest evolution of academic research in corporate social responsibility: an empirical analysis

Enrique Bigné Alcañiz, Alejandro Alvarado Herrera, Rafael Currás Pérez, José Javier Rivera Alcami

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether management‐ and marketing‐salient literature focused on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and related issues has evolved from…

Critical incidents and social construction of corporate social responsibility

Ole Andreas Engen, Aslaug Mikkelsen, Kjell Grønhaug

This paper seeks to address how major companies adjust their behaviour and definitions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) when exposed to “critical incidents”.

Management systems and the CSR engagement

Hung Woan Ting, Bala Ramasamy, Lee Chew Ging

The purpose of this paper is to identify the most potent internal resources of a firm that contribute to the CSR agenda.

Differences in the impact assessment of social initiatives carried out by private firms and civil society organizations: evidence from Ibero‐America

Mladen Koljatic, Monica Silva

The purpose of this paper is to compare assessment practices for highly visible social initiatives implemented by civil society organizations (CSOs) and businesses in Latin…

Determinants of socially responsible corporate behaviours in the Spanish electricity sector

José María González González

This paper aims to achieve a better understanding about the competitive and institutional pressures that can determine socially responsible corporate behaviours of organisations…

Determinants of environmental accounting practices in local entities: evidence from Portugal

Veronica P. Lima Ribeiro, Cristina Aibar‐Guzman

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which Portuguese local entities have implemented a set of environmental accounting practices, and to analyse some potential…

Corporate social responsibility: finding the middle ground

Magdy M. Hussein

This study seeks to examine CSR theorists' criteria from the corporate executive's perspective. It aims to find out how corporate executives perceive CSR and how they would like…

CSR and stakeholders of small businesses in regional South Australia

Nina Evans, Janet Sawyer

This paper aims to report on the key CSR strategies, activities and attitudes of small business owners in a South Australian regional area with regard to the key stakeholders…

From corporate social responsibility awareness to action?

Caroline D. Ditlev‐Simonsen

The purpose of this paper is to describe how the term “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) is interpreted, introduced and applied in corporations from the point of view of the…

Business education, aesthetics and the rule of law: cultivating the moral manager

Julia J.A. Shaw, Hillary J. Shaw

The purpose of this paper is to examine the usefulness to business education of aesthetics, literature and the ancient ideal of the rule of law in an increasingly complex global…

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Editorial

Guler Aras, David Crowther