Social Responsibility Journal: Volume 5 Issue 4

Two‐way communication strategy on CSR information in China

Hua Chen, Haibin Zhang

There is strong reaction between a company and its stakeholders on corporate social responsibility (CSR). The premise is that there should be a valid communication between them…

The development and structural confirmation of an instrument for measuring the social responsibility of small and micro business in the African context

Dennis Yao Dzansi, Marius Pretorius

The purpose of this paper is to propose an instrument, the Small Enterprise Social Responsibility Inventory (SESRI) for measuring business social responsibility (BSR) in the…

Will consumers pay a premium for ethical information?

Robert E. Carter

The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that may influence a consumer to pay a premium for a product or service communicating ethical information.

Determining factors of environmental strategic positioning adopted by Portuguese large companies

Sónia Maria da Silva Monteiro, Beatriz Aibar Guzmán

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the environmental strategic positioning adopted by a sample of large companies operating in Portugal and to identify the main factors which…

Linking corporate social responsibility with admiration through organizational outcomes

Juan‐Gabriel Cegarra‐Navarro, Aurora Martínez‐Martínez

From the decision‐maker's viewpoint, the success of a social responsibility program rests heavily on a corporation's ability to create links in the public consciousness between…

Nestlé as corporate citizen: a critique of its Commitment to Africa report

Kumba Jallow

This paper attempts to provide a critique of the Commitment to Africa report in an effort to understand how one large transnational corporation sees its role in the continent and…

(Good) corporate governance and the strategic integration of meso ethics

Steven H. Appelbaum, Louis Vigneault, Edward Walker, Barbara T. Shapiro

The primary goal of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of meso ethics from a corporate governance perspective, and the strategic process of integration between…

Corporate social responsibility and image in organizations: for the insiders or the outsiders?

Merita Mattila

The purpose of this paper is to provide new aspects to corporate social responsibility (CSR) research, especially in a Finnish context. The aim is to compare personnel's…

Doing well by doing good in Thailand

Suthisak Kraisornsuthasinee, Fredric William Swierczek

This paper seeks to explore whether strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR), the latest stage of conceptual development in CR, is evident in real business practices.

A journey into silence: students, stakeholders and the impact of a strategic governmental policy document in the UK

Sandra Sinfield, Debbie Holley, Tom Burns

In the UK, higher education (HE) is being positioned as the new global business, and the power relations between its various stakeholders – society, the business community…

The Social Responsibility Research Network

Editorial

Guler Aras, David Crowther

9th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility