Social Responsibility in Terms of Economic Sustainability: A Review

Abstract

The growing interest of companies, especially multinationals, large companies and national conglomerates, to show better environmental and social performance, as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility policy; it is often reflected in their management structures and investment policies. In a review of different studies and surveys on the environmental performance of the business sector in five Latin American countries, it was possible to observe that companies make environmental investments mainly for three reasons: to comply with environmental and social regulations and standards, to improve their image in front of the community and to access other markets. The three reasons coincide with the same ones that companies give when asked why they have a Social Responsibility policy. In this context, this scientific contribution focuses on a bibliometric and bibliographic analysis of publications related to social responsibility in terms of economic sustainability.