Abstract
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 is the United Nations development agenda for developing the economy, society, and environment. Moreover, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an emerging topic in the business world. The paper aims to pursue business students’ knowledge and perception of CSR activities linked to SDGs. The quantitative research design and descriptive research analysis were used. The data were collected from business learning students of three public universities in Bangladesh. CSR’s perception-related items positively correlated with Spearman’s Rho’s formula. The descriptive statistics revealed perceptions of CSR activities among respondents, which are directly and indirectly related to SDGs. In addition, the two-tailed Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test showed a variation of perceptions among groups. The findings of this study showed respondents had an acceptable knowledge level on CSR activities. There was a positive perception of respondents on economic and social dimensions of SDGs and mainly included in philanthropic and economic fields of CSR. Besides, their consciousness of the environmental dimension related to ethical and legal activities of CSR concepts was comparatively low. Finally, favourable knowledge and perception of business studying students in CSR activities are imperative for the successful implementation of SDGs.
Highlights
At present, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an integral part of business, and it is a driving force of business sustainability, social development, and environmental conservation
The majority of the respondents studied at the undergraduate level, and only 18% were at the graduate level
CSRs impact humanity, society, the economy, and the environment through numerous manners related to various modes of sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Summary
CSR is an integral part of business, and it is a driving force of business sustainability, social development, and environmental conservation. Education in business and commercial areas plays vital roles in companies and industries directly and indirectly. Business schools and their higher education contribute various ways to a firm’s performance and entrepreneurial success (Hunady et al, 2018). De Burgh and Saha (2014) supported a business education and commerce degree to enhance corporate skills comprising ethical obligation, social equity, and environmental issues. This way, business schools and their students affect SDGs by the road of CSR activities (García-Feijoo et al, 2020). CSR and SDGs are co-related; business schools, educational systems, and graduates directly prosecute CSR, indirectly accelerate SDGs
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