We examine firms’ use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as one of their business strategies after a rise in public responses, has led to heightened corporate action. We find that firms are taking more corporate action due to more public scrutiny and fear of financial loss. We find there is an abundance of definitions of CSR but whilst they are all coherent, not one of these definitions is applicable to every industry. With further research, it is highlighted that it would be difficult to increase regulation of CSR and reporting standards whilst there is no clear definition to adhere to. We find that whilst companies use CSR marketing, it is not the only reason for using CSR as one of their business strategies.
2. Introduction
A sudden rise of public responses to issues media outlets reported in the 1990’s led to heightened corporate attention to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Activist organisations and public disgruntlement has resulted in increased government regulation mandating social responsibility reporting, seeking to hold companies accountable for social issues. Companies, now aware of the potential financial risks that activists and media can cause if business conduct is deemed deplorable, are still not clear how to address the risks. Seemingly obvious strategies for businesses would be either strategic or operational responses: neither commonly implemented, rather their response appearing cosmetic (Porter and Kramer, 2007). ‘Window dressing’ is
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Current approaches to CSR are fragmented and/or disconnected from business goals. Many firms still consider CSR as another generic public relations problem in which media campaigns and CSR reports are used to paint the company as a positive ethical, social and or environmental advocator and supporter. For example, the annual reports discuss a firm’s sensitivities to CSR issues, but completely lack the entire story and offer no further forward commitments from the firm. Further, the ratings and rankings measurements are self-appointed by the firm, not always accurate to validate the work and direct impact to what they are measuring, and the criteria base varies widely and weighed differently in the final scoring. Worst of all the data lacks impartial auditors for validating the data to ensure the ratings have been accurately met, and data is statistically significant and a good proxy for what it is supposed to reflect. This has resulted in reactive initiatives designed to appease vocal
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is something that affects all companies and should be an active factor in the company’s decision making. It is something all corporations need to care about. CSR is when business’ or corporations take part in an initiative or campaign for a cause that will benefit society and/or in some way make the world a better place (Taylor, 2015). Initially, Corporate Social Responsibility started to take shape around the 1950’s, but some say that it dates all the way back to the 1800s, the idea of CSR was seen (Carroll, 2007). One may think that because it is dated so long ago, it doesn’t have an important impact today nevertheless, it is proven that Corporate Social Responsibility is a pathway for entities to self benefit as they are in the process of benefitting society.
Corporations that do not equip themselves with CSR activities will often be left behind with the increasing global competition and borderless markets, and international corporations with sound CSR activities grow stronger (Altman, 2007). As the education level increases, consumers are made more aware of the need for pro social corporate behaviour.
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Recently, the expectations of society for companies have increased more than before (Craig, Bhattacharya, Vogel and Levine, 2010), so one significant issue that most firms have been actively involved in is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Some may debate that it decreases company’s profits by spending much money on CSR. However, according to Needle (2004), ‘good’ CSR is also good for business, a firm could benefit from doing CSR. Thus, this paper aims to explain its importance. It begins with the definition of CSR and its four responsibilities, then presents how it influences a business and benefits it can bring. Finally, I am going to describe strategic CSR and discuss why firms have social responsibility.
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Introduction Although corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a buzz point in the American business world of today, assessment of its prerequisites indicates that the topic may be more problematic than seems at first flush since modern-day companies straddle various cultures and perspectives and trying to please all may eventuate not only pleasing neither but also harming themselves.
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