Corporate Social Responsibility: Evolution of a Definitional Construct

TL;DR: A framework of digital transformation articulated across eight building blocks is built that foregrounds digital transformation as a process where digital technologies create disruptions triggering strategic responses from organizations that seek to alter their value creation paths while managing the structural changes and organizational barriers that affect the positive and negative outcomes of this process.

TL;DR: In this paper, five dimensions of CSR are developed through a content analysis of existing CSR definitions, and frequency counts are used to analyse how often these dimensions are invoked, concluding that the existing definitions are to a large degree congruent.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors classify the main CSR theories and related approaches in four groups: (1) instrumental theories, in which the corporation is seen as only an instrument for wealth creation, and its social activities are only a means to achieve economic results; (2) political theories, which concern themselves with the power of corporations in society and a responsible use of this power in the political arena; (3) integrative theories, focusing on the satisfaction of social demands; and (4) ethical theories based on ethical responsibilities of corporations to society.

TL;DR: The business case as discussed by the authors is the underlying arguments or rationales supporting or documenting why the business community should accept and advance the corporate social responsibility (CSR) cause, which refers to the bottom-line financial and other reasons for businesses pursuing CSR strategies and policies.

TL;DR: Although there has been considerable research into the relationship between corporate social responsibility and profitability, it has frequently reflected either an ideological bias or limited meth... as discussed by the authors, it has often reflected either a bias or a limited meth

TL;DR: There are many sound reasons both for and against business's assumption of social responsibilities as mentioned in this paper, and because of the increasing amount of rhetoric which exists on this subject, it is appropriate to e...

TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance is reexamined using a new methodology, improved technique, and industry-specific control groups, and the average age of corporate assets is found to be highly correlated with social responsibility ranking.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest ways that social responsibilities can be appraised objectively and met squarely, and suggest ways to evaluate the social responsibility of a business for business' sake.