Managing Sustainability Projects for Social Impact from a Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective

A European Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Socially Responsible (CSR) behaviour is a necessary prerequisite of global economic activity and makes this as a different perspective. In this paper, the author’s argument is based upon developments in several countries and special reference is given to UK and Portugal. Responsible behaviour of enterprises should consider innovative forms to present its reports, because is more attra...

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Comparative Perspective

Enterprise Architecture as a Tool for Managing Corporate Social Responsibility

The need for acting sustainably is one of the most urgent, but challenging topics enterprises currently face. In order to implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) on each enterprise level, companies establish dedicated management structures. Notwithstanding that several tools are already available for managing CSR, there appears to be no tool which provides an integrated and transparent ...

Corporate Social Responsibility for Irresponsibility

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the hypothesis that companies engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) in order to offset corporate social irresponsibility (CSI). We find general support for the relationship that when companies do more “harm,” they also do more “good.” The empirical analysis is based on an extensive 15-year panel dataset that covers nearly 3,000 publicl...

Market for Corporate Social Responsibility

Much is expected of the modern corporation. Shareholders seeking to maximize their return on investment pay close attention to reported earnings and stock price appreciation. Unanticipated negative movements in these variables can give rise to shareholder agitation, amplified by hedge funds and activist pension funds. Although this is characteristic of the Anglo-American ‘market for corporate c...