scholarly journals Socially Responsible Practice and CSR Orientation of Chinese Managers: The Role of Confucian Ethics and Confucian Dynamism

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6562
Author(s):  
Li ◽  
Wang ◽  
Kashyap
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Confucian Ethics ◽  
Managerial Behavior ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Csr Orientation ◽  
Chinese Managers

A concern for socially responsible practice, especially for pro-environmental behavior in emerging economies, has drawn much attention in recent years. The present study contributes to understanding socially responsible decisions of Chinese managers by explicitly modeling the interplay of their social responsibility orientation and endorsement of Confucian principles with regard to investment in environment friendly technology. The results show that Confucian ethics and Confucian dynamism exert significant influence on a socially responsible decision, either directly or through their effect on social responsibility orientation. Nonetheless, they have opposing impacts on managers’ decision-making, which may help explain some anomalous managerial behavior. Implications for research and practice are provided.

scholarly journals Orchestrating Governmental Corporate Social Responsibility Interventions through Financial Markets: The Case of French Socially Responsible Investment

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Giamporcaro ◽  
Jean-Pascal Gond ◽  
Niamh O’Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Socially Responsible Investment ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Private Actors

ABSTRACTAlthough a growing stream of research investigates the role of government in corporate social responsibility (CSR), little is known about how governmental CSR interventions interact in financial markets. This article addresses this gap through a longitudinal study of the socially responsible investment (SRI) market in France. Building on the “CSR and government” and “regulative capitalism” literatures, we identify three modes of governmental CSR intervention—regulatory steering, delegated rowing, and microsteering—and show how they interact through the two mechanisms of layering (the accumulation of interventions) and catalyzing (the alignment of interventions). Our findings: 1) challenge the notion that, in the neoliberal order, governments are confined to steering market actors—leading and guiding their behavior—while private actors are in charge of rowing—providing products and services; 2) show how governmental CSR interventions interact and are orchestrated; and 3) provide evidence that governments can mobilize financial markets to promote CSR.

Socially Responsible Index: International Experiences and China’s Practices

2011 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 1740-1744
Author(s):  
Zhao Hui Li ◽  
Jun Feng Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Socially Responsible Investment ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
International Experiences ◽  
International Social

This paper focuses on the compiling and the role of the socially responsible index. Socially responsible investment originated from ethically investing teachings and developed on growing social awareness. Social responsibility indexes are products of the development of social responsibility investment. The Domini 400 Social Index, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and the Calvert Social Index are typical cases of international social responsibility indexes. They are compiled on the base of consistency, flexibility and transparency and their component stocks are selected according to triple bottom line. Compared with international experiences, China’s social responsibility indexes have a shorter history and some problems.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility Practice in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
Ali Alkubaisy
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Travel Restrictions ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility Practice ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Almost All

The health, economic, and social consequences of the COVID-19 virus have highlighted the need for collaboration among all agents to face a scenario that we have not before seen. Like the rest of the world, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with governments of almost all GCC countries has imposed lockdowns, travel restrictions, and curfews to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Many projects have been extended and operational infrastructure and utility projects face or are expected to face shortages of labor and materials, restriction in movement of personnel, and interruption to supply chains. The aims of this paper are to analyze the involvement that emerging markets have shown during the most challenging moments of the epidemic and to determine the objectives these companies have pursued with them. This paper aims to explore corporate legal and social responsibility in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in emerging economies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The paper will clarify CSR’s notion and provide an overview of different CSR domains, including legal, financial, social, and ethical domains, and it will discuss the relevance of CSR in emerging economies from the GCC region. Being socially responsible on the part of corporate entities is now no longer an option; it is part of their normal business obligations in human resource management (HRM) and the legal frameworks for employment in GCC. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, these frameworks may be exacerbated by-laws limiting circulation in and out of these countries, leading to company collapse and severe social and economic repercussions. Considering these aspects, CSR practice may be applied in the GCC region through a legal framework that would elicit some mandatory CSR actions from corporations, including HRM practices, corporate governance, accountability, and transparency. Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic, Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, Social Responsibility, Health.

How Spanish Universities are Promoting Entrepreneurship Through Your Own Lines of Teaching and Research?

2017 ◽  
pp. 1344-1368
Author(s):  
Dolores Gallardo-Vázquez ◽  
M. Luisa Pajuelo-Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
New Creation ◽  
New Business ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
The University ◽  
A Company

Two lines of research focus on this chapter: University Social Responsibility and entrepreneurship. Once Univesrities are aware of the importance of introducing socially responsible actions, we refer to the need of Universities to foster the creation of new business, establishing the best conditions for entrepreneurs. In this sense, we study what entrepreneurship means and how it is initiated. At the same time, we set the education on entrepreneurship and how gender differences condition the new creation of firms. Some examples of promoting entrepreneurship are discussed, from the initial actions until the maintaining and growing a company already created. Later, chapter concentrates on the particular case of Spanish Universities, offering a lot of actions for the promotion of entrepreneurship, like projects, awards, chairs, masters, conferences and meeting. It is also important to consider the support of public administration and the role of cluster. The chapter finishes with some considerations about spin off, as the result of entrepreneurship from the University.

Unions and corporate social responsibility in a liberal market context: The case of Ford’s shutdown in Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 713-734
Author(s):  
Darryn Snell ◽  
Victor Gekara
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Labour Unions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Corporate Social

Within many coordinated market economies, labour unions have demonstrated to be key actors in shaping corporate social responsibility. Researchers have, however, paid surprisingly little attention to the role of unions in shaping corporate social responsibility strategies and responses in liberal market contexts. This article extends the emerging research on unions and corporate social responsibility through a case study which investigates union influences over corporate social responsibility within the liberal market context of Australia. We conceptualise the role of unions in corporate social responsibility in this context through an industrial relations lens with particular reference to collective bargaining. Drawing on qualitative data, the case study examines the Ford Motor Company’s recent closure of its Australian assembly operations which was hailed by a wide range of stakeholders as an exemplar of ‘best practice’ in their assistance of displaced workers. We conclude that, while highly socially responsible, Ford’s actions were far from voluntary but influenced by a combination of union influence and a ‘subsidised’ corporate social responsibility, where the state, unable and/or powerless to legislate good corporate social behaviour, chose to financially underwrite its cost to the firm. The study represents one of the first studies to demonstrate how unions shape corporate social responsibility strategies of firms in liberal market contexts and how ‘subsidised’ corporate social responsibility becomes an alternative political solution within such a context.

Organic Delights: Examining the Challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Bear
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Senior Manager ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Business Leadership ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Undergraduate Business Students

Organic Delights is an experiential exercise designed to help undergraduate business students learn about corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this exercise, students assume the role of a senior manager of a fictional restaurant and caterer. The challenge for the managers is to evaluate and choose among six proposals to promote the company’s CSR. Students are first requested to evaluate the proposals on their own and then, later, to evaluate the proposals by working with a group of students who represent the company management team. The exercise enables students better understand the concept of CSR and reflect on the meaning and obligations of socially responsible business leadership. The exercise and recommendations for the debriefing are provided.

Content in the context of welfare configurations: a comparative institutional analysis of self-reporting on corporate social responsibility

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-506
Author(s):  
Brita Backlund Rambaree
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine corporate social responsibility (CSR) content in the context of four differing national institutional arrangements for welfare. An analysis is presented on how self-reported CSR differs in content across two western welfare states (the UK and Sweden) and two emerging economies in southern Africa (South Africa and Mauritius). Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a qualitative content analysis of the CSR self-reporting of 40 companies. This involved 10 of the largest companies incorporated in four countries, namely, Sweden, the UK, South Africa and Mauritius. The content is categorised into community involvement, socially responsible production and socially responsible employee relations. For each category, an analysis is provided of the reported issues (the question of what), the geographic focus of reported issues (the question of where) and ways of working with these issues (the question of how), as well as the extent of reporting and level of reporting (the question of how much). Findings The study shows that companies place focus on aspects, issues and localities in ways that differ between countries and can be understood in relation to current institutional arrangements for welfare. The content of self-reported CSR can be both complementing and mirroring the welfare arrangements. Differences in self-reported CSR agendas are particularly evident between the two western welfare states on the one hand and the two emerging economies on the other, as these represent two distinct contexts in terms of welfare arrangements. Originality/value This paper contributes to research on the institutional embeddedness of CSR in three ways: first, by going beyond measures of country differences in terms of extent of CSR to consider differences in CSR content; second, by focusing on the social aspects of CSR and placing these differences in relation to welfare configurations; and third, by contributing with empirical findings on how CSR content differs across national settings and across the established/emerging economy divide.

scholarly journals Socially responsible project management

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Michał Trocki ◽  
Mateusz Juchniewicz ◽  
Emil Bukłaha
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

In recent years we have observed the global awareness of threats posed by unrestrained and irresponsible growth gaining ground. Hence, continuous searches for sustainable solutions which enable to put in place measures that promote global, national, and local efficiency seem to make sense.This paper aims to examine and assess the current state of affairs and proposes directions for the development of sustainable and socially responsible project-related activities. It explains how the idea of social responsibility emerged as a natural consequence of the evolution of an organisation with respect to sustainable development. Against the background of these notions we define the place and role of project management in socially responsible development and discuss different views on the subject presented by authors from different countries. Theoretical considerations are supplemented with the discussion of the findings of own surveys focused on the role and relevance of social responsibility in project management in organisations active in this field in Poland. It was an exploratory study, the first of its kind in Poland.

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