Corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation: An integrated research framework

Medina‐Muñoz, Rita D.; Medina–Muñoz, Diego R.

doi:10.1111/beer.12248

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“…In addition, social issues, such as employment, housing, and poverty, which are related to social stability and the vital interests of all people, are the core thrusts of the Chinese government in developing the economy in the ‘new normal’ period 9 . Like in other emerging market countries (Medina‐Muñoz & Medina‐Muñoz, 2020; Rodrigo, Duran, & Arenas, 2016; Schmidheiny, 2006), in consideration of the urgency and prominence of social initiatives, in China they will be given priority when companies and the government exchange to maintain political connections.…”

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confidence: 99%

Political connections and corporate social responsibility: Political incentives in China

Liu

2020

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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To explore the motivations underpinning corporate social responsibility (CSR) decisions in China, a country characterized by extensive government intervention, this paper investigates whether building a good relationship with the government is a political incentive that is driving firms to conduct CSR by examining the effects of political connections on the latter. Our results indicate that politically connected firms exhibit better CSR. However, the effect is considerably more significant for firms with existing political relationships. Additionally, findings show that the effect is more prominent in firms for which political connections are more valuable, namely, non‐state‐owned enterprises, small firms, and firms operating in less market‐oriented cities, indicating that CSR can serve as a differentiation strategy to compete against other bidders. Dividing CSR activities into economic, environmental and social aspects, we find that the social‐based activities are more likely to be driven by political motivations. By categorizing CSR and political connections, this paper not only expands the scope of political CSR and renders the generated results that have been mixed together more distinguishable, but also provides a more precise understanding of the fundamental drivers of CSR in China from the perspective of resource exchange.

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Political connections and corporate social responsibility: Political incentives in China

Liu

2020

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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“…As part of this paradigm, the role of internal and external stakeholders, along with specific institutions, are highlighted with respect to their role in driving CSR agendas toward achieving the SDGs. Specific sub-themes of corporate social action and performance include corporate contributions toward poverty alleviation [53], solutions to social issues [54], corporate CSR volunteering [55], and corporate-civil society partnerships [56]. Articles examining societal influence in driving CSR focus on cultural values as a normative institutional pressure [57] and the role of responsible management education [58,59].…”

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Scoping the Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Research in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Era

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Amidst a contemporary culture of climate awareness, unprecedented levels of transparency and visibility are forcing industrial organizations to broaden their value chains and deepen the impacts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. While it may be common knowledge that the 2030 agenda cannot be achieved on a business-as-usual trajectory, this study seeks to determine to what ends the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have impacted CSR research. Highlighting linkages and interdependencies between the SDGs and evolution of CSR practice, this paper analyzes a final sample of 56 relevant journal articles from the period 2015–2020. With the intent of bridging policy and practice, thematic coding analysis has supported the identification and interpretation of key emergent research themes. Using three descriptive categorical classifications (i.e., single-dimension, bi-combination of dimensions, sustainability dimension), the results of this paper provide an in-depth discussion into strategic community, company, consumer, investor, and employee foci. Furthermore, the analysis provides a timely and descriptive overview of how CSR research has approached the SDGs and which ones are being prioritized. By deepening the understanding of potential synergies between business strategy and global climate agendas and the common good, this paper contributes to an increased comprehension of how CSR and financial performance can be improved over the long-term.

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“…Stakeholder theory has been put forward to support the arguments and rationale in favor of Corporate Social Responsibility‐ CSR (Freeman, 1994). However, many of the current perspectives in CSR, such as the fight against poverty (Medina‐Muñoz & Medina‐Muñoz, 2020) or the promotion of human development (Renouard & Ezvan, 2018), have already been proposed and defined by religions. Stakeholder theory propounds the common good in society through corporate activity and value creation for each party contributing to, or with an interest in, a company, and not just economic gains.…”

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An analysis of business ethics in the cultural contexts of different religions

Gallego‐Álvarez

Rodríguez‐Domínguez

Vallejo

2020

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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The aim of our research is to analyze how different religions influence business ethics.We develop an index of practices in the field of business ethics, made up of 19 items containing practices related to workers, consumers, products, human rights, management of ethical conflicts, and crime prevention. Also, we consider a wide range of religion affiliations. To undertake this research, we use a panel data sample composed of 11,956 firm-year observations from 18 countries. Drawing on stakeholder theory, we posit some hypotheses based on the religions considered. The results obtained show that a higher percentage of religious adherents in the country where a company does business usually involve the implementation of more ethical practices in the corporate field. These findings are obtained for Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Hindu religions. In contrast, this does not stand for Buddhist and folk religions. Also, countries where there is no predominant religion do not show a confluence between religion and ethical corporate practices.

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Corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation: An integrated research framework

Cited by 45 publications

References 64 publications

Political connections and corporate social responsibility: Political incentives in China

Political connections and corporate social responsibility: Political incentives in China

Scoping the Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Research in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Era

An analysis of business ethics in the cultural contexts of different religions

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