Social responsibility has been defined as a social norm. In this society, companies from the least to the greatest practice Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The management and staff of the corporations are expected to perform the right things as their misdeeds may be held accountable. Furthermore, the corporation is required to be responsible for their member‟s behavior. (Seitel, 2003) According to McWilliams, Siegel & Wright (2006), they claimed that although there are numerous definitions of CSR but the given definition is vague and unclear.
The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits. The New York Times Magazine. Drucker, P. (1984, Winter). The New Meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility. California Management Review,
2.2 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Corporate social responsibility (CSR) or CSR activity is seen as a complex and contested area, which is rapidly gaining importance from businesses all over the world (Vaaland & Heide, 2008). Mintzberg (1983), refers to Elbing (1970) when he states that the concept of social responsibility has been discussed academically by professors, pragmatically by businessmen, politically by public representative and approached from various angles philosophically, psychologically, sociologically, economically even aesthetically. The complexity of the concept has lead to variations of definitions some boarder than others with no consensus on a generally accepted definition. The difficulty with defining CSR sterns from
THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) MODEL The best-known CSR model is that of (Carroll, 1979:497-505), which proposes that the social responsibilities of a company are the economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic expectations formed by society. The main area of responsibility is economic, but at the same time the company must keep the law. Ethical responsibility refers to the obligation to behave fairly and honestly. The fourth area is when the entrepreneur conducts him/herself as a good citizen (figure below). The corporate social responsibility pyramid (own compilation based on United Nations Global Compact, 2015) The four responsibility layers together make up corporate social responsibility.
EVOLUTION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY: Bowen’s publication on “social responsibility of business” was the work through which the term CSR was coined in 1953.Through this work Bowen proposed some important question like ‘what responsibilities any society can reasonably expect from business organization’s ’?41 Traditional corporate philanthropy dates back to the 19th century and emerged out of a variety of factors, such as: 1) When talking about CSR the business organization should show some concern for the welfare of the immediate members of the corporate body like their employees and their families. 2) Innovative contributions by visionary business leader in quest of personal satisfaction, who built up philanthropic institution out of
Introduction CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) standard is always problematic to define. As an approach to manage the variation between organizational behaviors, social values, and community’s expectations, CSR works a tool for strategic issues management. It also becomes a theoretical basis for a company to develop a harmonious relationship with the community (Community Development). Therefore, CSR is the moral responsibility that a company has to conduct for its strategic stakeholders, especially for the community around the operational areas. It is the commitment of a company to account for the impact of its operation in social, economic, and environmental dimensions (Achda, 2006).
In the 1960s, we began to see scholars striving to best state what CSR meant (Carroll, 2008) . Among scholars, who contributed to defining the corporate social responsibility on early stages, were C. Walton with his book Corporate Social Responsibilities (1967), which analyses the role of business organization in society, William C. Frederick with the article The Growing Concern over Business Responsibility (1960), which suggests new ideas how to judge your responsibility, as a businessman. Joseph McGuire`s Business and Society (1963) also significantly contributed to the studying
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