Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a discourse constructed through the constant dialogue and negotiation between corporations and their different stakeholders. This article examines how leading corporations in the United States and China discuss the rationales, themes, and practices of CSR on their corporate websites through a quantitative content analysis. The results, based on data coll...

Global monitoring, and other drivers of high level reporting standards, have brought increasing pressure to embed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the day-to-day operations of many multinational companies. This move toward overt and targeted CSR responses and public reporting is prompting the strategic alignment of CSR with core business. Although driven in part by regulation, CSR initi...

Despite a plethora of empirical evidence on the potential role of senior management in the success of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Western-dominated organizational contexts, little attempt has been made to document the various managerial mindsets towards CSR in organizations in Muslim-dominated countries in the Middle East region. To address this existing lacuna of theoretical and e...

Little is known about corporate social responsibility (CSR) in lesser developed countries. To address this knowledge gap, we used Chile as a test case, and conducted 44 in-depth interviews with informants who are leading CSR initiatives. Using institutional theory as a lens, we outline the state of CSR practice in Chile, describe the factors that have led to the emergence of CSR, and note the b...

This paper explores the feasibility and desirability of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). We identify CSR with creation of public goods or curtailment of public bads. Using a model with pro…tmaximizing …rms, the paper shows that there is a direct parallel between CSR and traditional models of private provision of public goods. Indeed, …rms that use CSR will produce public goods at exactly ...

Recently, the influence of corporations has been increasing rapidly, and many types of stakeholders have become involved. Thus, the role of the corporate ability of stakeholder management has become more important in the overall performance of corporations. One of the most effective tools for managing various stakeholder groups is corporate social responsibility (CSR). Previous CSR studies have...

Antibody class switch recombination (CSR) occurs by an intrachromosomal deletion requiring generation of double-stranded breaks (DSBs) in switch-region DNA. The initial steps in DSB formation have been elucidated, involving cytosine deamination by activation-induced cytidine deaminase and generation of abasic sites by uracil DNA glycosylase. However, it is not known how abasic sites are convert...

Immunoglobulin class-switch recombination (CSR) gives rise to looped-out circular DNA of a cleaved S segment, which is lost eventually after cell divisions. To understand the molecular mechanism of S region cleavage during CSR, we constructed artificial CSR substrates in which inversion-type CSR takes place to retain the cleaved S segment. Sequencing analyses of recombinant clones of these subs...

More firms today are beginning to realise the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR), and its impact on societal well being, apart from the overall governance of the supply chain processes of every organisation. Ratings are being developed to measure performances of most firms with regard to their CSR efforts besides their financial performance. This rating would then be used to me...