The Need to Reconsider CSR

Seifi, Shahla; Crowther, David

doi:10.1108/s2043-052320180000013002

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“…The Problematic Nature of Defining Corporate Social Responsibility Although not all the synonyms in the list mean exactly the same thing, they already show the diversity associated with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Defining CSR is not an easy task because most agree that there is no single established definition (Schwartz and Saiia 2012;Sheehy 2015;Bice 2017;Seifi and Crowther 2018). Being a contested, complex, dynamic concept (Matten and Moon 2008), this comes as no surprise.…”

Section: About Corporate Social Responsibility and The Sdgsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sustainability as a Guidance for CSR Despite all the differences, there is a consensus about the basic idea that "business corporations have an obligation for social betterment" (Geva's 2008: 1). According to Seifi and Crowther (2018: 2), all the definitions of CSR have a common ground: ". .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The current concern for sustainability is related to the general acceptance that global warming is taken place and that its effects cannot be avoided (Seifi and Crowther 2018). These issues have a negative impact on the existence of an organization if the organization does not change.…”

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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Molderez

2020

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Molderez

2020

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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“…A given by Frynas and Yamahaki (2016) is that CSR involves companies taking responsibility for the effects on broader society as well as on the natural environment, their responsibilities being beyond what is required by the law. Seifi and Crowther (2018) have offered several definitions, such as the relationship between global corporations, governments, local communities, other stakeholders and individual citizens. They argue that the focus should now be on sustainability, corporate governance and the relationships with supply chains and with stakeholders.…”

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Theoretical Developments in Corporate Social Responsibility

Green¹

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a complex subject, as are theoretical developments within it. It is multidisciplinary, as are many disciplines in the social sciences. Perhaps because CSR is a relatively new area within the field of business and management (Crowther and Lauesen 2017), dealing, as will be seen, with a variety of issues and approaches, it spans many fields, theoretical perspectives, and research methodologies. One of the dialectics in writings on CSR has been between a "functionalist" approach, often seeing CSR policies as one among other corporation policies, and effective to a greater or lesser extent. A radical approach on the other hand regards corporations as being always mindful of the bottom line. CSR policies would then be tools to achieve that goal, be it with effective socially responsible outcomes or possibly as simply branding exercises to gain legitimacy and consumer support. With recent global developments, there are again different views as to the directions CSR will take. With the corona virus pandemic and the climate change crisis, broader questions have been brought into focus regarding the roles of the state and of international institutions, and their future relationships with corporations. The hitherto neoliberal ideology and practices which had weakened many governments in favor of private companies, including their taking over public services, is now under challenge. Environmental disasters and Covid-19 have exposed the need for strong governmental action both nationally and also through global cooperation. This raises questions about the future roles of corporations and other private organizations, and therefore of CSR, the ways in which it will develop, and the possible effects on societies world over.

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“…The Commission of the European Communities (2001) defined CSR as "a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis" (p. 8). Seifi and Crowther (2018) emphasized on the relationship of the firm with all other actors of the society while defining CSR. Vogel (2007), on the other hand, emphasized on going beyond the legal requirement of better workplace and social welfare of a firm.…”

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Social Business: A New Chapter of Hybrid Business Toward Sustainable Development

Rahman¹,

Sultana²

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility

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The concept of social business emerged in 2006 as a hybrid business model in response to the failure of government sector and philanthropic efforts to provide sustainable solutions to social and environmental problems. Social business is a cause-driven or social objective-driven business model that intends to harness the business principle and philanthropic motive together to achieve positive social change in a productive and commercially viable way. It is a business in every sense with the replacement of economic profit maximization goal with that of social benefit maximization. Theoretically, social business is assumed of being capable to resolve almost all sort of social problems including poverty, unemployment, environmental degradation, and health and sanitation problems by means of balanced allocation of scarce resources, thereby can help achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). Thus, it seems apparent that the concept of social business and sustainable development is closely intertwined and the functions of social business encompass the agenda of social and environmental sustainability. Yet, social business is not meant to alter capitalism; instead, it tends to offer "enlightened capitalism" to cure the flaws of the free market system. However, as a relatively new mechanism, social business suffers from several limitations and encounters numerous challenges. Replication and scaling up successful ventures are required for this concept to advance magnificently and to serve the planet and the people effectively.

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The Need to Reconsider CSR

Cited by 9 publications

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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Theoretical Developments in Corporate Social Responsibility

Social Business: A New Chapter of Hybrid Business Toward Sustainable Development

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