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Genius Becomes Rare: A Comment on the Doctrine of Social Responsibility Pt. II
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Corporate social responsibility is more than an expedient response to momentary social pressures, it is, instead, a manifestation of deep, farreaching social changes in our society as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
Corporate social responsibility is more than an expedient response to momentary social pressures. It is, instead, a manifestation of deep, farreaching social changes in our society. If it is indeed akin to the Industrial Revolution, then the implications for business of the new social responsibility may be very different from those usually forecast.read more
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Corporate Social Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory
Elisabet Garriga,Domènec Melé +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors classify the main CSR theories and related approaches in four groups: (1) instrumental theories, in which the corporation is seen as only an instrument for wealth creation, and its social activities are only a means to achieve economic results; (2) political theories, which concern themselves with the power of corporations in society and a responsible use of this power in the political arena; (3) integrative theories, focusing on the satisfaction of social demands; and (4) ethical theories based on ethical responsibilities of corporations to society.
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Measuring Corporate Social Responsibility: A Scale Development Study
TL;DR: In this article, an original, valid, and reliable measure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reflecting the responsibilities of a business to various stakeholders is proposed. But, the measurement of CSR is still problematic.
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Toward an Integrative Theory of Business and Society: A Research Strategy for Corporate Social Performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address the lack of integration of normative and descriptive approaches to business and society and the problems posed for coherent theory development, and reformulate corporate social performance topics according to a research strategy aimed at moving inquiry beyond problems of integration, and demonstrate the potential for a normative-descriptive unification.
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Theorising Corporate Social Responsibility as an Essentially Contested Concept: Is a Definition Necessary?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the criteria to discover if CSR is an essentially contested concept and in that case, to construe if such a change in perception will resolve the definitional crisis.
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A literature review of the history and evolution of corporate social responsibility
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a distinctive historical perspective on the evolution of CSR as a conceptual paradigm by reviewing the most relevant factors that have shaped its understanding and definition, such as academic contributions, international policies and significant social and political events.
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Briefing for a Descent into Hell
TL;DR: Lessing's Inner Space Fiction as mentioned in this paper is an incomparably exciting voyage into the marvellous, terrifying, unexplored, yet sometimes glimpsed territory of the inner man.