The concept of global performance is used in managerial literature in order to assess companies' implementation of sustainable development. It refers to an holistic conception of performance. In this this paper we intend to confront the theoretical representation of a balanced integration of...

Abstract: Social requirements concerning corporate social responsibility focus on transparency and harmlessness of firm activities: a factory or a quarry must be invisible, odorless, and silent. Firms must show that they respect those requirements in order to gain legitimacy. They must change...

This paper is designed to present the stakes and limits of integrating social and environmental issues in large projects management. The Social Impact Assessment is described as a process which aim to study and anticipate social, economic, and cultural large projects consequences on people well...

In Europe, the concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development (SD) are closely linked. Yet this approach to CSR has only taken shape in the last ten years and it is not shared by everyone. The objective of this article is to present the different stages of the CSR...

Our work is part of a research program on the renewal of the discipline of strategic management. The concepts of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility would allow this regeneration. We particularly explore the case of fair trade organizations. The fair trade is indeed...

The objective of this paper is to present different approaches that explain the corporate social responsibility. First, we describe two approaches based on economic (rational approach) and moral considerations (moral approach). Second, we propose an alternative approach that suggests that...

The development of the movement of social responsibility throughout the world encouraged the emergence of standards on corporate social responsibility to meet the needs for credibility and comparability of the behaviors of the companies. It is in this objective that the reference frame of social...

This paper proposes to confront theoretical and professional perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR), which is the subject of renewed interest by both academics and practitioners. After outlining the conceptual bases and showing the strategic importance of social dimensions in the...