Social Responsibility Journal: Volume 10 Issue 1

Corporate sustainability discourses in a Brazilian business magazine

Denise Franca Barros, Joao Felipe Rammelt Sauerbronn, Alessandra Mello da Costa

This paper seeks to explore corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Brazil through the “evolution” of the sustainability concept in one of the country's leading specialist…

CSR in India: reflections from the banking sector

Sophie Hadfield-Hill

This paper aims to explore corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the Indian context, focusing on the banking sector. This is of particular importance at this time given the…

CSR adoption strategies of Chinese state oil companies: effects of global competition and cooperation

Xiaoyu Liu, Percy Garcia, Harrie Vredenburg

The purposes of this paper are: to examine the adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies related to environment protection by Chinese state oil companies; and…

CSR as corporate self-reporting in India's tourism industry

Anibe Ferus-Comelo

This paper seeks to illuminate contemporary corporate social responsibility (CSR) in India's tourism industry. It aims to analyse the community impact of two Indian five-star…

CSR reporting in the United States and Russia

Veronika Bashtovaya

The purpose of this study is to contribute to the scarce body of academic research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in BRIC countries and Russia in particular, by…

Understanding CSR in the Maldivian context

Fareeha Shareef, Murugesh Arunachalam, Hamid Sodique, Howard Davey

– The objective of this study is to examine CSR practices in the Maldives.

How well are water companies engaged in CSR? A critical cross-geographical discourse analysis

Linne Marie Lauesen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how well water companies in four different nationalities and political cultures are engaged in the CSR discourse. This question is…

CSR: the co-evolution of grocery multiples in the UK (2005-2010)

Nadeem Khan, Nada Korac Kakabadse

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate if CSR is balanced between firm and wider society interests.

Drivers of corporate community involvement and challenges in measuring its impact

Denni I. Arli, Jack Cadeaux

The aim of this study is to explore drivers of corporate community involvement (CCI) initiatives and the challenges faced by companies in measuring the social impact of their…

Introducing value-based framing as a strategy for communicating CSR

Line Schmeltz

– The purpose of this paper is to test how framing of CSR messages, based on a value-theoretical framework, impacts consumer perception of the CSR message.

CSR in BRIC countries

Jo Crotty

2013 Awards for Excellence

Editorial

David Crowther