How corporate social responsibility is defined: an analysis of 37 definitions
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.
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Abstract: Despite numerous efforts to bring about a clear and unbiased definition of CSR, there is still some confusion as to how CSR should be defined. In this paper five dimensions of CSR are developed through a content analysis of existing CSR definitions. Frequency counts are used to analyse how often these dimensions are invoked. The analysis shows that the existing definitions are to a large degree congruent. Thus it is concluded that the confusion is not so much about how CSR is defined, as about how CSR is socially constructed in a specific context. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
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