Revisiting the question of ‘what is CSR?’: the implicit/explicit dichotomy
Revisiting the question of ‘what is CSR?’: the implicit/explicit dichotomy
Background: Much of the research and scholarship in the field of CSR has been plagued by the issue of what CSR is. The most cited definition is Carroll’s pyramid of CSR (1999) which proposes four responsibilities of business: economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic. Yet some have debated how philanthropy can be realistically conceived as a responsibility when most are agreed, including Carroll himself, that philanthropy is a discretionary activity (Baden and Harwood, 2013). Such potential dichotomies suggest that what is required is an adapted approach to how CSR is defined. In this paper we draw upon our recent case study research to shed light on, if not actually resolve, this terminological ambiguity. The research develops an implicit (tacit) / explicit (codified) framework of CSR that is adapted from Matten and Moon’s implicit / explicit institutional framework (Matten and Moon, 2008).
Baden, Denise
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September 2017
Baden, Denise
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Baden, Denise
(2017)
Revisiting the question of ‘what is CSR?’: the implicit/explicit dichotomy.
6th International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business, , Berlin, Germany.
28 - 29 Sep 2017.
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Background: Much of the research and scholarship in the field of CSR has been plagued by the issue of what CSR is. The most cited definition is Carroll’s pyramid of CSR (1999) which proposes four responsibilities of business: economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic. Yet some have debated how philanthropy can be realistically conceived as a responsibility when most are agreed, including Carroll himself, that philanthropy is a discretionary activity (Baden and Harwood, 2013). Such potential dichotomies suggest that what is required is an adapted approach to how CSR is defined. In this paper we draw upon our recent case study research to shed light on, if not actually resolve, this terminological ambiguity. The research develops an implicit (tacit) / explicit (codified) framework of CSR that is adapted from Matten and Moon’s implicit / explicit institutional framework (Matten and Moon, 2008).
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6th International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business, , Berlin, Germany, 2017-09-28 - 2017-09-29
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