Abstract
This study examined the importance of technologies in advancing modern organizations’ corporate social responsibility (CSR). Drawing upon environmentalist and technological theories, we analyzed the shift from the traditional development of technology to the development of sustainable technologies for the further sustainable advancement of organizations. Technology has decisively influenced the development of humankind, but its research has traditionally excluded sustainable development issues. Newer technological visions have addressed the incorporation of technologies in all industries more comprehensively to solve social issues related to environmental protection and sustainable economic development. Such an orientation is followed by several conceptual solutions, such as the sustainable use of traditional technologies, development of sustainable technologies, and interdisciplinary treatment of sustainable technology to extend the CSR model. The results of our study have theoretical implications, highlighting the effects of technological development and new technologies on the course of further societal sustainable development. Practical implications include extending CSR’s Triple Bottom model with a technological dimension to improve organizations’ further sustainable operating and behavior.
Highlights
The study examined the importance of technology in the responsible development of humankind by analyzing the effect of differently sustainable technologies on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of modern organizations.Media headlines on “questionable technological development” and “neglect of societal influences of technology” continue to worsen public opinion about the contribution of technological development and new technologies to the sustainable development of society [1,2].Technological progress has been the basic driver of development throughout human history, contributing decisively to the entire development of humanity [3]
We present the role of technology in social development and the importance of technology for corporate social responsibility as the most influential institutions of modern society
Technology remains the basic driver of societal development, but growing social expectations place new demands on technology developers of responsible and sustainable technologies that could adequately support the solution of social issues in modern society and ensure the survival of humanity in the long run based on sustainable development of society [11,12]
Summary
The study examined the importance of technology in the responsible development of humankind by analyzing the effect of differently sustainable technologies on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of modern organizations. With the emergence of new technological visions, the links between technology and sustainability have become more frequently addressed [12]; a mono-disciplinary research approach and differences in research interests between technological and social researchers hinder the significant progress in understanding this issue [12,14] This raises questions about the influence of technological development and new technologies on CSR and organizations [7,15], directions and strength of correlations between technology and CSR in organizations [12,14], or even about the possibility of contextual inclusion of technology in CSR [1,11]. Of this paper, we first provide theoretical foundations for different approaches to understanding and addressing the relationship between technology development and corporate social responsibility In this framework, we present the role of technology in social development and the importance of technology for corporate social responsibility as the most influential institutions of modern society. We conclude the paper with a discussion of research results, a presentation of possible applications of research results, and possible directions for further studies
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