Abstract
This paper aims to examine the main Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) dimensions in order to provide a preliminary representation of the several perspectives of study dealt by the literature. Subsequently, for each CSR dimension, a proposition is suggested, which highlights the most critical issues emerging from the literature. Such propositions summarize the main characteristics of CSR dimensions and could be useful for further future studies. Similar approach is applied in the second part of the paper, which is focused on the relationship between CSR and the family business and suggest propositions addressed to some peculiarities of CSR and family business, such as: (a) the association between family ownership and community-related CSR performance and (b) the association between family ownership and the employee-related CSR performance. Key words: Corporate social responsibility, family business, corporate social responsibility performance, environment, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Highlights
In recent years, Corporat e Social Responsibility (CS R) received an increasing attention from a wide range of stakeholders, as information on corporate ethical values and social initiatives are c onsidered increasingly important in evoking positive and strong reactions among stakeholders (Morsing and Schultz, 2006)
Similar approach is applied in the second part of the paper, which is focused on the relationship between Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the family busine ss and sugge st proposi tions addre ssed to some peculiarities of CSR and family busine ss, such as: (a) the association between family ownership and community-related CSR performance and (b) the association between family ownership and the employee-related CSR performance
Considering the large number of dimensions and pers pectives under which Corporate Social Responsibility (CS R) is analysable, and the several implications found by academic literature, a review of the main studies conducted on the main CS R dimensions is proposed, such as, the attention paid to the environment and the sustainability, impacts of CSR on society and community, corporate image and reput ation, job satisfaction, economic and financial performance of CSR
Summary
Corporat e Social Responsibility (CS R) received an increasing attention from a wide range of stakeholders, as information on corporate ethical values and social initiatives are c onsidered increasingly important in evoking positive and strong reactions among stakeholders (Morsing and Schultz, 2006). The amount of c orporate social information and the number of communication channels used to disclose social information has increased as well as the relevance of CSR studies is widely recognized by the literature, as CSR involves several aspects and actors: first, it affects sustainability (Van Marrewijk, 2003), local community and society (Pedersen, 2010), as it plays an important r ole in preserving the environment (Carroll, 1999), in respecting and promoting human rights and job satisfaction (Hou and Reber, 2011) and in developing and supporting ethical and moral values inside the company (Joyner and Payne, 2002); second, as a consequence, CS R affects the image and reputation of companies (Weber, 2008) and its financial and economic performances (Neville et al, 2005). In last few years, a great amount of studies has been produc ed about the relationship bet ween family business and CSR (Lybaert, 2014; Cruz and Larraza-Kint ana, 2014; Campopiano and De Massis, 2015), given the increasing dominance and socio-economic role of family firms in the economic system
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