Concept information
Preferred term
corporate social responsibility
Definition
- Corporate social responsibility is the self-regulation of a company's social impacts as built into its business model. It moves beyond the traditional business model of being accountable only to shareholders into the realm of accountability to all stakeholders. [Source: Green Issues and Debates: An A-to-Z Guide; Corporate Social Responsibility]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- business case for corporate social responsibility
- community relations
- corporate citizenship
- corporate governance
- corporate moral agency
- corporate philanthropy
- corporate responsibility reporting
- corporate social performance
- corporate sustainability
- CSR pyramid
- environmentalism
- globalization (business)
- green marketing
- health and safety
- non-governmental organizations
- responsible leadership
- risk management
- social enterprises
- social marketing
- stakeholder theory
- sweatshops
- voluntary regulation
Entry terms
- CSR
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/corporate_social_responsibility
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