Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate perceptions of the relative importance of different stakeholders (owners, employees, customers, non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental authorities) as agents motivating managers to engage in corporate social responsibility...

Purpose – With globalisation pressures and increasing burdens on governments to provide comprehensive social services, there is now a need to better understand how firms play their part in sharing these burdens. Views vary from those who believe that CSR and CSI are distractions from profit...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to advance understanding of the socially responsible apparel consumer by exploring apparel consumption behaviors perceived by consumers to be eco-conscious. Design/methodology/approach – This study used a qualitative approach to collect and analyze...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore tensions and challenges experienced by NHS managers while working for a socially responsible organization and the implications this has for the (re)formation of their work and self identities. The consequent impact on their...

Purpose – 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. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was administered to 77 subjects and a conceptual model of five specific...

Purpose – 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 African venture setting. Design/methodology/approach – The approach was to use the components of Dzansi's...

Purpose – This paper aims to achieve a better understanding about the competitive and institutional pressures that can determine socially responsible corporate behaviours of organisations that operate in an organisational field. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on New...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe how the term “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) is interpreted, introduced and applied in corporations from the point of view of the person in charge of this process, i.e. the translator. Design/methodology/approach – A case study...