Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Implementation: A Review and a Research Agenda Towards an Integrative Framework

In spite of accruing concerted scholarly and managerial interest since the 1950s in corporate social responsibility (CSR), its implementation is still a growing topic as most of it remains academically unexplored. As CSR continues to establish a stronger foothold in organizational strategies, unders...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics Vol. 183; no. 1; pp. 105 - 121
Main Authors: Fatima, Tahniyath, Elbanna, Said
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Citizenship
Collaboration
Corporate responsibility
Economic research
Education
Ethics
Implementation
Literature
Management
Philosophy
Quality of Life Research
Research methodology
Review Paper
Social responsibility
Systematic review
Trends
CSR formulation
CSR implementation framework
Corporate social responsibility implementation
CSR strategy
CSR complexity
ISSN:0167-4544, 1573-0697
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Summary:In spite of accruing concerted scholarly and managerial interest since the 1950s in corporate social responsibility (CSR), its implementation is still a growing topic as most of it remains academically unexplored. As CSR continues to establish a stronger foothold in organizational strategies, understanding its implementation is needed for both academia and industry. In an attempt to respond to this need, we carry out a systematic review of 122 empirical studies on CSR implementation to provide a status quo of the literature and inform future scholars. We develop a research agenda in the form of an integrated framework of CSR implementation that pronounces its multi-dimensional and multi-level nature and provides a snapshot of the current literature status of CSR implementation. Future research avenues relating to multi-level studies, theoretically supported research models, developing economy settings, and more are recommended. Practitioners can also benefit through utilizing the holistic framework to attain a bird’s eye view and proactively formulate and implement CSR strategies that can be facilitated by collaborations with CSR scholars and experts.
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ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1007/s10551-022-05047-8