The relationship between business and society has witnessed a dramatic change in the past few years. Many factors forced businesses to reconsider their role in society; accordingly there has been a surge of notions that tries to explain this new complex relation between business and society....

This working paper examines the evolution of concepts of the responsibility of business in a historical and global perspective. It shows that from the nineteenth century American, European, Japanese, Indian and other business leaders discussed the responsibilities of business beyond making...

This is an empirical study about the growth and development of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility in India. An attempt has been made to see how the culture and tradition of charity as well as corporate philanthropy in India has undergone changes over a period of time. It also...

Corporations and investors are responding to recent major ethical scandals with increased attention to the social impacts of business operations. In turn, business colleges and their international accrediting body are increasing their efforts to make students more aware of the social context of...

This paper describes an exploratory study of corporate responsibility, corporate reputation, and stakeholder support in Norway, Sweden and Denmark—countries recognized worldwide as providing an institutional climate uniquely conducive to responsible business practice. Conducting a secondary...

The globally generated concepts of environment and sustainability are fast gaining currency in international business discourse. Sustainability concerns are concurrently becoming significant to business planning around corporate social responsibility and integral to organizational strategies...

Purpose – This paper aims to identify the pattern of CSR programs run by PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk, PT Sari Husada PT, Astra International Tbk, and PT Aneka Tambang Tbk. Design/methodology/approach – The research was focused on three main areas, namely: relation of CSR programs with the...

Aim and topic of the paper is to research the causes of the current global crisis, which manifests itself in financial terms, but whose origin is due to the ethical model of reference: the question is evident both in macroeconomics and in Business Economics. Just from this last point of view,...