Social Responsibility Research Research Articles

Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility Research: A Double-edged Sword of Economic Welfare and Social Challenges

It is widely accepted that successful entrepreneurs create both waves of innovation and prosperity and environmental and social challenges. Using economic theories such as Solow’s growth model, Schumpeter’s theory of economic development, and externality theory, this article will explore how the wealth creation and consumption of successful entrepreneurs drive innovation and economic growth, as well as the environmental, social, and financial challenges they bring, thereby providing a balanced analysis of how successful business people affect the world. The results suggest that successful business people can benefit society significantly when they consume wealth, such as creating jobs and promoting economic growth. However, making profits in some industries can lead to environmental degradation, and high-risk investments can exacerbate social inequalities. Therefore, the government needs to introduce a series of policies to mitigate the negative impact of entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurial Innovation Responsibility (EIR): Mitigating the Political Risks of Disruptive Innovation

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept with a long history in research literature and the classroom. However, CSR mainly pertains to established companies with extensive resources and influence in markets and communities. Startups may acquire this influence, but it is likely to be in the future. As entrepreneurs build their businesses, current concerns related to establishing their products and enterprises is of utmost consideration. The startups with the most upside for investment opportunities pursue entrepreneurial innovation. Yet, entrepreneurial innovation changes not only markets but society itself. For many entrepreneurs, they do not consider the ramifications and challenges society and government may bring as the status quo is disrupted. Therefore, in this paper, we offer Entrepreneurial Innovation Responsibility (EIR) as a concept tailored to the unique challenges startup entrepreneurs may face. EIR is grounded in entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility research and is a forward-looking approach to help entrepreneurs consider and plan for stakeholders who may resist the innovations they bring to the world. We provide a four-step process for mitigating these risks, as well as examples for illustrating how the process can be applied.

Brokering Political Corporate Social Responsibility: Production Network Intervention Programmes in Post‐Reform Myanmar's Garment Industry

ABSTRACTPolitical corporate social responsibility (CSR) research focuses on how companies leverage their CSR efforts to improve public goods provision in countries where public governance is lacking. Previous studies, due to their limited analytical scope, have not thoroughly examined the dynamic nature of these governance gaps. Another missing puzzle is how certain actors in these countries, through their regular operations, independently facilitate political CSR opportunities – such as production network intervention (PNI) programmes. Positioning PNI programmes as brokers of political CSR, we investigate four such programmes in the Myanmar's garment industry during the early years of the country's reform. We conduct neo‐Gramscian analysis to examine how these programmes attempted to establish cultural and ideological leadership over CSR discourse and practice in the industry. We analyse the manufacturers’ responses to this contestation, which evolved with the introduction of a minimum wage, and discuss the theoretical and practical implications of this study.

From Corporate Digital Responsibility to Responsible Digital Ecosystems

The significant and rapidly growing impact that digital technologies has on all aspects of our lives has raised awareness of benefits but also concerns and worries linked to the development and use of these technologies. The concept of responsibility, as expressed in terms such as corporate social responsibility or responsible research and innovation, represents one well-established discourse and a set of practices that are used to deal with social and ethical concerns and which are now a well-established part of the broader sustainability literature. Recently, a novel discourse has gained prominence that specifically explores the question of which responsibilities arise for organisations based on their engagement with digital technologies. This discourse uses the term ‘corporate digital responsibility’ to describe how organisations can understand, shape, and discharge their responsibilities not just in a narrow economic sense, but also their broader moral, social and environmental responsibilities. This article takes its point of departure from the corporate digital responsibility discussion and aims to contribute to the theoretical underpinnings of the term. This article suggests that an appropriate metaphor to approach the reality of current socio-technical systems is that of an “ecosystem”. This metaphor accommodates many of the systems features of contemporary digital technologies, but it clashes with traditional conceptions of responsibility. This article argues that a concept of responsible digital ecosystems is a precondition for the successful ascription of responsibilities in digital contexts. Such ecosystems can be understood as systems that are designed to foster and support existing and novel responsibilities, that align responsibility ascriptions with a view to achieve desirable and acceptable outcomes. Based on these ideas of responsible digital ecosystems, this article spells out some of the implications for research and practice that the adoption of this conceptual framework entails.

The student as stakeholder: how the altruism of university social responsibility (USR) campaigns impacts student relationships

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to expand corporate social responsibility research in communication management by understanding the dynamics of university social responsibility (USR). The COVID-19 pandemic and social justice protests of 2020 provide a context to study communication about universities’ dual roles as economic engines and social activists. Messaging from a university about its social responsibility goals can impact student perceptions.Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted of 493 students enrolled at a major university in 2020. Students were asked about two real campaigns at their university, one about healthy behavior and one about racial justice on campus.FindingsAltruism positively predicted reputation, trust and donation intent, while distrust was inversely predicted. Message credibility and believability were mediators of these relationships, but only source credibility mediated altruism for the social justice campaign. For universities, this study demonstrates the importance of communicating social responsibility messages with students. As an important and overlooked stakeholder group in USR, students may respond positively to these messages, which have implications for their potential willingness to donate after graduation.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature by merging variables from public relations and marketing with theory development in higher education management to provide a new perspective on ethical organizational communication.

Prefigurative imaginaries: Giving the unbanked in Kenyan informal settlements the power to issue their own currency

As corporate social responsibility research increasingly focuses on the role of grassroots organizations in challenging business practices, there remains a gap in understanding how these organizations prefigure alternatives to the prevailing business status quo. This study addresses this gap by developing a framework of prefigurative imaginaries, drawing from a qualitative study of a grassroots organization confronting the social irresponsibility of the Kenyan banking system in serving the poor. The framework captures how grassroots organizations use imaginaries to prefigure an alternative community currency system for enacting and foreshadowing social change. However, when attempts were made to scale up the system, these actions became disjointed, resulting in cracks within the imaginaries and the eventual abandonment of the system. Our study contributes to corporate social responsibility research by broadening its scope to include grassroots organizations and unveiling how they prefigure social change in marginalized contexts. By highlighting the significant influence of imaginaries on experiences and practices, this study underscores their role in shaping the acceptance or rejection of grassroots initiatives by the communities they aim to serve. It has implications for scholars and practitioners interested in understanding the role of imaginaries in shaping community-driven initiatives and advancing social change agendas.

Corporate social responsibility knowledge base: A bibliometric analysis

This research aims to analyze the current landscape of Corporate social responsibility (CSR) research. Using the Scopus database, the study employed the PRISMA sampling technique and analyzed 3679 articles using the VOSviewer program. The results show the emergence of CSR research in 1989, with a notable focus on topics such as corporate performance, corporate governance, family business, and socially responsible investment. We also find no evidence of a relationship between the number of an author's articles and the number of citations. Moreover, CSR research is largely monopolized by developed countries, leaving developing economies in the dark. Our study provides valuable insights into the past, present, and future trajectories of CSR research.

Systematic Mapping of Corporate Social Responsibility Topics for 2015-2021 Based on Bibliometric Analysis

Research aims: This study used bibliometric analysis to produce a comprehensive mapping of Corporate Social Responsibility research. This study examined changes in citations, publication trends, author collaboration, trend title, trend author keywords, trend abstract, nations, dominating factors, research development, and future research in corporate social responsibilities papers from the Scopus index with a range of 2015-2021. Design/Methodology/Approach: This research employed bibliometric analysis methods. The research sample used was 1,567 articles with the keyword "Corporate Social Responsibility." The articles used were sourced from Scopus-indexed journals for 2015-2021, with the help of Publish or Perish (PoP). This bibliometric analysis utilized VOSviewer (VV). Research findings: The year with the most citations, according to statistics, was 2016, with 8,549 citations. Regarding publication trends, most of the papers were published in 2020, namely 352. Mohammad Irfan and Bilal Afsan are the authors with the most networks/collaboration, as many as 332. The term 'Corporate Social Responsibility' is the most commonly used keyword in Corporate Social Responsibility articles. Four countries linked Corporate Social Responsibility to the research: 1) Pakistan, 2) Malaysia, 3) Italy, and 4) Indonesia. Co-occurrence network visualization explains the network or relationship from one term to another in research in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility for the 2015-2021 period. While the visual overlay represents keywords indicating the year of publication, the density visualization signifies research on a topic that is still very broad to be studied. Theoretical contribution/Originality: These findings also indicate that it is essential to recognize the approaches and theories behind the development of Corporate Social Responsibility to determine the gradual nature of the aspects involved within it. Practitioner/Policy implication: This article calls for greater engagement among academics and Corporate Social Responsibility researchers to more explicitly consider how their research can contribute to the understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility. Research limitation/Implication: The limitation of this study is that it only used observation years from 2015-2021, preferably for future researchers to be able to add the most recent observation year. In addition, this study has not explored the application of the literature used; thus, the next researchers are preferably to develop this literature review with the help of other applications, such as Bliblioshiny or R.

The Impact of Social Responsibility on Students’ Perceptions in Higher Education Institutions: A Theoretical Synthesis of Recent Research and Bibliometric Analysis

ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to analyze international scientific publications related to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and higher education institutions, providing a map of the connection found in the studies published on these areas. CSR has become increasingly important for the creation of value in an organization and this study aims to understand how universities act to build a responsible approach in their management activities, education, research programs, and sustainability. To do this, we employed a three-step research approach: 1) We used bibliometric techniques to analyze 1,119 articles and present a comprehensive contextual picture of students’ perception of university social responsibility research. 2) We conducted an extensive literature review demonstrating the evolution of concepts, variables, and studies. 3) A subsequent content analysis of the 10 most recent and relevant academic articles was carried out to investigate and identify potential opportunities for future research. It was possible to analyze the maps by constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks using VOSviewer. The results make it clear that growing higher education institutions need to invest in CSR to attract and retain stakeholders. The impact of social responsibility maximizes the relationship between them, having a positive impact on students’ perceptions, as well as a better reputation and competitive advantage. In today’s environment, there is a strong relationship between innovation and market orientation in higher education institutions, and it is necessary to identify not only the perceptions of students but also of other stakeholder groups.

Corporate Social Responsibility Trends in the Airline Industry: A Bibliometric Analysis

The aim of this study is to perform a bibliometric analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) research in the airline industry, underscoring current developments and future trends. Utilizing open-source R software (version 4.2.3), including the Bibliometrix R library (version 4.1.4) and VOSviewer (version 1.6.20), this study notes a significant rise in CSR research. It highlights influential studies, leading scholars, and key journals in the field. The co-word analysis shows CSR’s impact on efficiency, value, employee perceptions, and customer loyalty. Post-COVID trends indicate an expanded focus on health, safety, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. The research suggests a shift towards integrated CSR strategies in the airline industry, emphasizing sustainability, stakeholder inclusion, and transparent reporting. This shift marks a movement towards more comprehensive and effective CSR approaches in stakeholder communication.

Corporate Social Responsibility Research: An Ongoing and Worthwhile Journey

We “tell the story” of corporate social responsibility (CSR) research by presenting a curated Collection of 19 articles published from 1973 through 2022 in all Academy of Management journals: Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Discoveries, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Academy of Management Perspectives, and Academy of Management Review. We describe our curation process and our criteria for evaluating CSR research. Next, we use the Collection to trace the history of CSR research decade by decade and synthesize the field’s current state. With the benefit of hindsight, we then offer a critical analysis of CSR research in terms of the following criteria: (a) construct definition (i.e., content domain) and operationalization (i.e., dimensionality, measurement, methodological rigor), (b) integration (i.e., levels of analysis, disciplinary perspectives, cross-national and comparative approaches and disciplines), and (c) impact (i.e., stakeholders considered; evaluation of initiatives in terms of intended beneficiaries; translation of results for practice, education, policy, and sustainable development). We conclude by providing recommendations for enhancing the impact of CSR research that is more transdisciplinary, participative, inclusive regarding stakeholders, methodologically rigorous, translational, and attentive to specific CSR initiative characteristics and intended beneficiaries.

Feminist Corporate Social Responsibility: Reframing CSR as a Critical Force for Good

AbstractWhile corporate social responsibility (CSR) research is now impressively broad, we identify fresh opportunities at the intersection of feminist and critical analysis to reframe this field as a force for good. We focus on the epistemological grounding of CSR in its potential to understand and change how managerial activity is interpreted and influenced for progressive ends. We approach this through a reading of the debate on CSR's limited practical use, to imagine a better methodological and purposeful future for CSR. This involves a different, feminist, political and ethical stance for researchers in relation to CSR as an object, to bring CSR theory and practice into alignment in order to revive its sense of purpose as a driving organizational force for good. Our change‐orientated approach is based on a reading of Judith Butler's notion of critique as praxis of values; it is politically aware, reflexive, and focused on the goal of good organization to address grand, often existential, challenges. We conclude by showing how this approach to CSR brings a more transparent way of analysing practice, requiring reflexive action on the part of those working with CSR initiatives both as practitioners and as researchers to co‐produce better futures.

Corporate social responsibility and individual behaviour.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) research can help to address some of society's grand challenges (for example, climate change, energy sustainability and social inequality). Historically, CSR research has focused on organizational-level factors that address environmental and social issues and the firm's resulting financial performance, with much less focus on individual-level factors. In response to research calls to consider the individual level of analysis, we provide a narrative review to improve our understanding of the interconnections between CSR and individual behaviour. We organize existing research around three individual-level categories: CSR perceptions, CSR attitudes and CSR behaviours. We summarize research elucidating how perceptions and attitudes influence behaviours and how organization and higher-level CSR context and individual-level CSR readiness moderate perceptions-behaviours and attitudes-behaviours relationships. We offer a conceptual model that organizes the diverse, conflicting and multidisciplinary research on the CSR-individual behaviour link and that can be used to guide future research.

Perkembangan Penelitian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Di Indonesia Selama 15 Tahun (Perspektif Studi Literatur)

Abstrak The purpose of this research is to (1) explain the commonly factors are researched in academics and are thought to be variables that influence Corporate Social Responsibility; (2) explain the phenomena that drive research in the realm of Corporate Social Responsibility; (3) explain the theories are generally used in corporate social responsibility research. This research is a qualitative descriptive research with a literature observation approach. The data used in this research is a research articles on Corporate Social Responsibility from the peroid the 2008-2023 indexed by Sinta 1-3. The research findings reveal that there are a total of 117 factors suspected to influence Corporate Social Responsibility, and numerous issues/phenomena underlie Corporate Social Responsibility research during the 2008-2023 period. One prevalent issue motivating Corporate Social Responsibility research is the enactment of Law No. 40 of 2007 concerning Limited Liability Companies. PT. Additionally, 39 theories commonly serve as references for Corporate Social Responsibility-related research.

The New Wave of CSR-Related Mainstream Accounting Research: On the Performative Effects of Literature Reviews

ABSTRACT This commentary/reflection offers a critical analysis of four articles presenting literature reviews concerning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) research in accounting published in North American-based or inspired accounting research journals and of the research on which they focus. This analysis is presented against the backdrop of [Gond, J.P., S. Mena, and S. Mosonyi. 2023. The performativity of literature reviewing: Constituting the corporate social responsibility literature through re-presentation and intervention. Organizational Research Methods 26, no. 2: 195–228] conceptualisation of the performative effects of literature reviews, examinations of the recent resurgence of CSR research in top-tier North American-based accounting journals offered by well-established social and environmental accounting (SEA) researchers, as well as in light of some of the many reviews on the same or similar lines of research. Whilst previous examinations of such resurgence focused on regular articles, this reflection focuses on literature reviews, which I consider a negative development in view of what they represent in terms of the self-referencing behaviour already present in the literature they review. This commentary serves the purpose of cautioning those interested in becoming acquainted with accounting research on CSR-related topics that the reviews examined should not be used as an entry point, given that they offer a rather incomplete picture of such research. Rather, they should only be used after having acquired a global view of CSR-related literature.

Coopetition for corporate responsibility and sustainability: does it influence firm performance?

PurposeCorporate responsibility and sustainability (CRS) have emerged as an important topic today. At the same time, alliances and coopetition arrangements, as vehicles for inter-firm collaboration have been shown to support firm performance. Still, there has been a lack of research into how coopetition (collaboration with competing firms) in this area may support firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThis study aims to untangle the relationship between coopetition arrangements including CRS and firm performance. The model permits garnering social performance, which is a key to CRS, and to move beyond the traditional view of the coopetition–firm–economic–performance relationship. This study is based on a survey and primary data from 215 firms in Australia. This study uses multiple indicators for the concepts. Relationships are estimated by multiple regression analyses.FindingsUsing survey data from 215 firms in Australia, the research findings confirm that coopetition in CRS can lead to improved firm performance, both in relation to financial and social performances. However, the association between coopetition in CRS and financial performance loses its significance when social performances is introduced as an additional control variable. Further, stakeholder attributes (i.e., effective power and legitimate stake) moderate the relationship between coopetition in CRS and firm financial performance. However, there was no evidence of moderation for the coopetition in CRS – firm social performance relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to both coopetition and corporate social responsibility research. This study demonstrates that improved firm performance may be achieved through the promotion of CRS initiatives when a coopetitive approach is adopted, particularly where an understanding of stakeholder attributes is also evident. Firms do not need to shoulder corporate social responsibility alone. They need to find well-fitting partners. There are new ways to improve sustainability in terms of nature and human relationships.Practical implicationsFirms do not need to shoulder Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) alone. They need to find well-fitting partners.Originality/valueThis study provides very novel insights by having integrated the literature on coopetition, corporate social responsibility and sustainability resulting in a new conceptual framework that combines coopetition in CRS and performance. The new conceptual framework has both practical and research implications for coopetition in CRS and firm performance.

Stakeholder Existential Authenticity and Corporate Social Responsibility

AbstractCorporate social responsibility (CSR) research has been slow to address the impacts of CSR on stakeholders, especially in terms of the mechanisms explaining how CSR translates into positive stakeholder outcomes. We introduce a new mechanism into this literature – stakeholder existential authenticity (SEA) – that helps explain how stakeholder participation in CSR can enhance stakeholder wellbeing through the experience of being authentic. We develop an original conceptualization of SEA and integrate this into a model explaining the relationships between CSR participation, SEA, eudaimonic happiness, and subjective wellbeing, as well as the moderating effects of individual stakeholder attributes and CSR activity design. We explain our contributions to the literature on society‐centric CSR, authenticity in CSR, CSR implementation, and authenticity in management more broadly, before suggesting directions for future research and outlining the practical implications of our study.

Social Responsibility: A bibliometric analysis of research state and its trend

Introduction: Social responsibility is related to organizations' commitment to society and the environment. Recent research has shown the relationship between organizations' performance and some indicators such as economic performance or corporate image.Objective: This study analyzes the research on social responsibility to know the trend of studies. Method: Based on qualitative and quantitative research and with bibliometric techniques, a statistical analysis is made with the Vosviewer program of 1639 publications from the Scopus database to map the research based on publications, authors, and citations.Results: The geographical distribution shows that the United States and the United Kingdom have the most published documents. They have the greatest scientific impact and a strong collaboration network. From the above, it is evident that social responsibility research has been approached from different angles to verify its relationship with economic, societal, or environmental variables. There is a wide field of knowledge that scholars can address.Conclusions: The results indicate that central research topics include the connection of social responsibility with advancing technologies, globalization, and climate change. Mapping the co-occurrence of keywords by authors reveals four clusters related to ethics and social responsibility, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable development.

Social Responsibility: A bibliometric analysis of research state and its trend

Introduction: social responsibility is related to organizations' commitment to society and the environment. Recent research has shown the relationship between organizations' performance and some indicators such as economic performance or corporate image.Objective: this study analyzes the research on social responsibility to know the trend of studies. Method: based on qualitative and quantitative research and with bibliometric techniques, a statistical analysis is made with the Vosviewer program of 1639 publications from the Scopus database to map the research based on publications, authors, and citations.Results: the geographical distribution shows that the United States and the United Kingdom have the most published documents. They have the greatest scientific impact and a strong collaboration network. From the above, it is evident that social responsibility research has been approached from different angles to verify its relationship with economic, societal, or environmental variables. There is a wide field of knowledge that scholars can address.Conclusions: the results indicate that central research topics include the connection of social responsibility with advancing technologies, globalization, and climate change. Mapping the co-occurrence of keywords by authors reveals four clusters related to ethics and social responsibility, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable development

The Research on the Influence of Fast Fashion Brands' Social Responsibility on Consumers' Purchase Intention: Taking H&M as an Example

Fast fashion companies are renowned for offering "affordable, fast, and fashionable" clothing, providing more consumers access to affordable fashion. With the advancement of corporate social responsibility globalization, more and more consumers are also concerned about the corporate social responsibility of fast fashion brands. Taking H&M Group's corporate social responsibility as an example, this paper examined the relationship between Chinese consumers' purchase intention and CSR, discussed the critical considerations for consumers to make purchase decisions for fast fashion products, reviewed the pertinent research on fast fashion, CSR, and elaborated on the interplay between the three and how they affect one another, with the hope of advancing the field of corporate social responsibility research in developing countries. The empirical findings of this study can aid decision makers in comprehending the attitudes of Chinese consumers toward corporate social responsibility, encouraging businesses to actively implement social responsibility strategies and assisting businesses in carrying out corporate social responsibility marketing. The 92 valid questionnaires collected in this study's questionnaire survey yielded the following findings: due to individual variances, the CSR of fast fashion brands affects consumers differently in China. Corporate social responsibility is crucial and can in some cases help to control consumers' intentions to make purchases.