Social Responsibility Journal: Volume 12 Issue 3

The effect of authenticity and social distance on CSR activity

Myungsuh Lim, Yoon Yang

This study aims to make a distinction between two types of authenticity (indexical vs iconic), the influence of both of which on the consumer’s inference of companies’ corporate…

Differential reporting of social and environmental disclosures between local and foreign oil companies in Nigeria

Odhiambo Odera, Albert Scott, Jeff Gow

This study aims to identify the differences between local and foreign companies’ social and environmental disclosures (SEDs) practices operating in the Nigerian oil sector. It…

Let’s talk about firm responsibility: the perception of individual Ghanaian shareholders on corporate social responsibility

Otuo Serebour Agyemang, Abraham Ansong, Millicent Kyeraa

This paper aims to examine the perception of individual Ghanaian shareholders on corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Peculiarities of corporate social responsibility development in the monotowns in post-communist countries

Inna Blam, Katarína Vitálišová, Kamila Borseková, Mariusz Sokolowicz

The paper aims to analyze actual issues of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in monofunctional towns in Russia, Slovakia and Poland. The process of social…

Corporate social responsibility and organizational attractiveness: implications for talent management

Joana Story, Filipa Castanheira, Silvia Hartig

Talent management is a twenty-first-century concern. Attracting talented individuals to organizations is an important source for firm competitive advantage. Building on signaling…

CSR maturity and motivation in the water sector

Linne Marie Lauesen

This paper aims to examine the literature of CSR motivation and presents research results from a case study of the water sector (water companies from Denmark, the UK, the USA and…

Food security in Papua New Guinea: the need to go beyond “business case CSR”

Fernanda de Paiva Duarte, Benedict Young Imbun

The purpose of this paper is to canvass the views of villagers from a remote region of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on food security issues in their community and their level of…

Bank social responsibility and the use of money

Gilciney Ferreira, Cecilia Queirós Mattoso

The purpose of the present research is first to assess the financial education’s effectiveness, examining how a specific communication regarding the use of money could help new…

Ethics of the firm, for the firm or in the firm? Purpose of extrinsic and intrinsic CSR in Switzerland

Stéphanie Looser, Walter Wehrmeyer

Despite the increased recognition and emphasis on corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a topic and highly formalised CSR control systems, numerous well-publicised problems and…

Women workers, social sustainability and working time: a study in a cooperative guided by the principles of solidarity economy

Mariane Lemos Lourenço, Carlos Eduardo Neres Lourenço

The purpose of this paper is to investigate time management as a source of social sustainability in a Brazilian cooperative based on the principles of the solidarity economy…

Measuring and understanding the engagement of Bangladeshi SMEs with sustainable and socially responsible business practices: an ISO 26000 perspective

Md Nazmul Hasan

Drawing on the “ISO 26000: 2010 – Guidance on social responsibility” handbook, this paper aims to investigate the extent to which Bangladeshi small- and medium-sized manufacturing…

Does Warsaw Stock Exchange value corporate social responsibility?

Jacek Lipiec

This paper aims to examine the performance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) portfolio at the Warsaw Stock Exchange.