Corporate social responsibility at the base of the pyramid

Transformative Service Research

“…A context that deserves additional focus by service researchers is the base of the pyramid (BoP), which constitutes the approximately two-thirds of the world's population that live on less than US$9 per day (Arnold and Valentin 2013). Although a substantial body of research has focused on BoP issues (for a review, see Kolk, Rivera-Santos, and Ruffin…”

Socially Irresponsible Corporations and Choices of Consumers: Altruism, Retaliation, or Demand for Reparation?

“…They demonstrated that organizations using different strategies of impression management, such as informing CSR, changing perceptions of and diverting attention from CSiR, and engaging in organizational behaviors appeared legitimate in CSR advertisements. & Bingham, 2013;Oberseder et al, 2013), concepts and theories (Armstrong & Green, 2013;Arnold & Valentin, 2013;Lin-Hi & Muller, 2013;Prasad & Holzinger, 2013;Windsor, 2013). As mentioned, the present study investigates consumers' responses to CSiR behaviors; therefore, it is categorized as consumer viewpoint research.…”

Corporate Responsibility, Democracy, and Climate Change

“…These impacts of a changing climate will have direct, negative impacts on human populations and will have an especially harmful impact on the ability of the least economically well off to attain basic human rights (Caney 2010). In terms of the current global population, the four billion people living on less than $9.05 a day (Arnold and Valentin 2013) are most vulnerable, but wealthier populations living in the areas most negatively impacted by sea-level rise also confront prospective risks to the attainment of human rights. Without substantial alterations to present practices, harm to persons will be more widespread in future generations.…”