Social Responsibility in Public Services Organizations The case of Tîrgu-Mureş Penitentiary

Exploring Attitudes towards Whistleblowing in Relation to Sustainable Municipalities

“…According to On and Ilies (2012), the assumption that public sector entities are established based on highly responsible principles aimed at socially legitimate behavior is "unsatisfactory and nonproductive," leaving the public sector not engaged enough with social responsibility (the term corporate social responsibility (CSR) is used for the private sector). They argue that we should view social responsibility as equally applicable to the public sector, since it involves numerous and diverse stakeholders, and its management demands transparency in the use/allocation/spending of public funds.…”

Contesting Social Responsibilities of Business: Experiences in Context

“…We frame social responsibilities as the division of labour and accountability between and among actors in a particular context embedded within the associated structural conditions, when aiming at some wider societal good. Corporate social responsibilities have, to date, dominated the discussions of our topics, with some adjustments according to small business social responsibilities (Soundararajan, Jamali & Spence, 2018), consumer social responsibilities (Caruana & Chatzidakis, 2014), employee social responsibility (Babu, Roeck & Raineri, 2020) as well as the roles of national governments (Kourula et al, 2019;On & Ilieş, 2012), NGOs and grassroots organizations (Chowdhury, Kourula & Siltaoja, 2018) and hybrid organizations (Haigh et al, 2015). Whilst there are distinctions between social responsibilities, in this Special Issue, we draw across organizational forms and disciplinary boundaries to capture the concept of social responsibilities in a more useful and cross-cutting way, as well as clarifying distinctive social responsibilities at multiple levels.…”

Contesting Social Responsibilities of Business: Experiences in Context

“…We frame social responsibilities as the division of labour and accountability between and among actors in a particular con- text embedded within the associated structural conditions, when aiming at some wider societal good. Corporate social responsibilities have, to date, dominated the discussions of our topics, with some adjustments according to small business social responsibilities (Soundararajan, Jamali & Spence, 2018), consumer social responsibilities (Caruana & Chatzidakis, 2014), employee social responsibility (Babu, Roeck & Raineri, 2020) as well as the roles of national governments (Kourula et al, 2019; On & Ilieş, 2012), NGOs and grassroots organizations (Chowdhury, Kourula & Siltaoja, 2018) and hybrid organi- zations (Haigh et al, 2015). Whilst there are distinctions between social responsibilities, in this Special Issue, we draw across organizational forms and disciplinary boundaries to capture the concept of social responsibilities in a more useful and cross-cutting way, as well as clarifying distinctive social responsibilities at multiple levels.…”