The Meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Vision of Four Nations

Freeman, Ina; Hasnaoui, Amir

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“…The definition of CSR spans through several decades, with Clark (1926) pointed out as the originator of the concept (Freeman & Hasnaoui, 2011). It has been viewed as social obligation (Berle, 1932), social responsibility (Bowen, 1953), corporate philanthropy (Eells, 1956;Levitt, 1958), corporate citizenship (Marten, Crane, & Fredricks, 1960), social responsiveness (Carroll, 1999) and social performance (Wartick & Cochran, 1985;Wood, 1991).…”

Section: Csr and Nigeria's Petroleum Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been viewed as social obligation (Berle, 1932), social responsibility (Bowen, 1953), corporate philanthropy (Eells, 1956;Levitt, 1958), corporate citizenship (Marten, Crane, & Fredricks, 1960), social responsiveness (Carroll, 1999) and social performance (Wartick & Cochran, 1985;Wood, 1991). Of recent, the definition of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been noted to be context specific (Gjolberg, 2009;Freeman & Hasnaoui, 2011). In essence, CSR is a concept with diverse definitions that require the understanding of the context within which it exist.…”

Section: Csr and Nigeria's Petroleum Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring the Impact of Strategic Proactivity on Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Ibe¹,

Min²,

Ling

et al. 2015

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In the past few years, there has been a gradual re-orientation taking place in the relationship between business and society in the Nigerian petroleum industry. The re-emergence of democracy has led to an increased awareness about the role of oil companies in their host-communities. Oil companies are aware of this, and have devoted increased effort towards contributing to their host-communities. Despite the fact that, of recent, these oil companies are contributing more than ever, there is an increase in the conflict between these companies and the stakeholders in their host-communities. This is threatening their sustainability. This problem highlights a gap in theory and practice of CSR. In recent times, there have been calls for shift of scholarly focus towards a performance based CSR theory and practice. This paper empirically tested this performance based perspective by exploring the interactive process that leads to CSR outcomes. This was done through a quantitative research study. 623 members of Eket and Ibeno youth councils took part in a survey from which 591 valid samples were generated. A structural equation modelling (SEM) statistical technique was employed. The results showed a positive relationship between strategic proactivity and perceived CSR, with perceived economic value dimension demonstrating partial mediating impact on the relationship.

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Section: Csr and Nigeria's Petroleum Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Impact of Strategic Proactivity on Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

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Min²,

Ling

et al. 2015

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“…Corporate social responsibility (CSR) consists of economic, legal, and ethical responsibilities, as well as voluntary or philanthropic responsibilities, which are guided by an organization's discretion, as opposed to legal or more explicit requirements [1][2][3]. Under the current global business environment, CSR is now a determining factor of success that firms cannot ignore [4].…”

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“…Traditionally, CSR activities are thought of as firms' responses to the requirement of sustainability pillared by the so-called "triple bottom line": firms must reconcile environmental, social equity, and economic demands for their stakeholders [1,3]. However, Baron's [7] strategic CSR view argues that firms conduct socially and environmentally responsible activities as a strategic instrument for the purpose of profitability maximization via influencing stakeholders' expectations on working conditions, environment protections, poverty alleviation, human health, and so on.…”

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Signaling Product Quality Information in Supply Chains via Corporate Social Responsibility Choices

Xiao

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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This study focuses on how an upstream supplier signals the private information of its product quality with corporate social responsibility (CSR) choices to a downstream retailer and uninformed consumers in the final market. We build a signaling model to: capture the strategic interactions among the supplier, the retailer, and the final consumers in the supply chain; characterize completely the set of all separating perfect Bayesian equilibriums (PBEs); and finally, select a unique equilibrium that satisfies the intuitive criterion for exploring some comparative statics. The equilibrium results show that under some technical conditions: (1) a set of moderate levels of CSR conduct signal the upstream supplier's high quality in the sense of separating PBEs; (2) the unique separating PBE satisfying the intuitive criterion is the one with the lowest CSR level that separates a high-quality supplier from a low-quality supplier; (3) the lowest CSR level decreases in the proportion of informed consumers and the low-quality supplier's marginal CSR cost, but is independent of the high-quality supplier's marginal CSR cost; (4) the profits of the high-quality supplier increase in proportion to the number of informed consumers and the low-quality supplier's marginal cost CSR, but decrease in proportion to the high-quality supplier's marginal CSR cost. Managerial insights are also discussed.

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“…CSR is a proactive approach that overcomes the business protocol of making profits and abiding by the law (Wicks & Harrison, 2013). Even though there are many factors that push to apply CSR, it is still not fully applicable because it is not fully comprehended (Freeman & Hasnaoui, 2011).Corporations need to follow the rules and regulations of Corporate Social Responsibility which is required by the Canadian government (Hasselback, 2014). CSR planning is a challenge to managers because of the conflict of interest between them and the company.…”

Section: Corporate Social Responsibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of corporate governance on fraud prevention. (c2016)

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To my caring parents, sister, boss, and beloving friends. This thesis wouldn't be done without the non-ending care and understanding. V ACKNOWLEDGMENTMany people have been supportive while conducting this research thesis. Special thanks for Dr. Abdul Nasser El-Kassar who is my advisor and Dr. Walid Elgammal and Dr. Mahmoud Araissi who are the committee members. My thesis wouldn't be finalized without their help and support throughout the work process. Each in his way has helped me in data collection process, in data analysis and reading my revisions.Finally, thanks to my Mom, Dad and sister who tolerated me throughout the work process by caring and helping me. VI Effects of Corporate Governance on FraudPrevention: The Case of Lebanon Lea F. Chaoul AbstractFraudulent financial reporting and dishonesty in financial statements decrease credibility in audited financial reports. Reducing fraudulent activities can be achieved by implementing compliance mechanisms such as good corporate governance practices. Recent studies concluded that corporate governance structures should be improved in developing countries, particularly in Lebanon where corporate governance is weak in terms of application. This study aims to determine fraud prevention impacted by corporate governance dimensions, transparency of financial data and ownership structures, efficiency of the board of directors, and proactive corporate social responsibility measures and audit committee initiatives .This survey-based study uses data collected from employees working in different Lebanese corporations and who are familiar with corporate governance structures and financial performances the companies. Data analysis shows that the effectiveness and independence of the board of directors followed by the audit committee effectiveness, and the transparency of financial data have the highest impact on limiting fraudulent activities.

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The Meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Vision of Four Nations

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Cited by 238 publications

References 85 publications

Exploring the Impact of Strategic Proactivity on Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Exploring the Impact of Strategic Proactivity on Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Signaling Product Quality Information in Supply Chains via Corporate Social Responsibility Choices

Effects of corporate governance on fraud prevention. (c2016)

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