Interpretations of CSR in Thai Companies

Corporate Social Responsibility for Developing Country Multinational Corporations: Lost War in Pertaining Global Competitiveness?

“…''None of the companies systematically measured the impacts of its social investments'' (Jamali, 2007a). In the Thai survey (Kraisornsuthasinee and Swierczek, 2006), no informant perceives CSR as approach to achieve higher economic performance. In this case, the environmental and social impacts are not explicitly considered or integrated in their business operations.…”

CSR Performance in Emerging Markets Evidence from Mexico

“…Attempts have been made to document developments in countries where CSR has not been widespread in corporate practice and/or not investigated yet (e.g Kraisornsuthasinee and Swierczek, 2006;Luken and Stares, 2005;Vives, 2006). Indeed, CSR research has traditionally tended to focus on developed countries -North America, Europe and to a lesser extent Asia -sometimes in a comparative perspective (e.g.…”

Assessing non-financial reports according to the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines: evidence from Greece

“…As Muller and Kolk (2009) stress, research on CSR has traditionally tended to focus on developed countries, sometimes in a comparative perspective (Kolk, 2005;Maignan and Ralston, 2002;Welford, 2004). While attempts have been made to document developments in countries where CSR has not been widespread in business conduct and/or not yet investigated in general, the literature in country-level business environments with limited CSR awareness is, with few exceptions (for example see (Kraisornsuthasinee and Swierczek, 2006;Luken and Stares, 2005;Vives, 2006)), thin on the ground. Likewise, studies on non-financial disclosure conducted so far have been in the context of developed countries such as the USA, the UK, Japan, Australia, Canada, Germany, and New Zealand (Gray et al, 1995;Guthrie and Parker, 1990;Mathews, 1997;Adams et al, 1998;Adams, 2002) and to a far lesser degree on developing nations (Sobhani et al, 2009;Ratanajongkol et al, 2006;KLD, 2008).…”