Social balance, introduced in France by the CJDES and adapted under a specific form by the CFCA, was intended to assess socially responsible behaviour in organizations and has proven to be an instrument for managerial self-assessment in organizations. Its aim is to contribute to decision-making...

The present paper is based on the concept of companies’ social responsibility, from which social balance stems. A brief historical review is made of the introduction of both concepts in the entrepreneurial sphere. The year 1977 stands out as the culminating point in the first stage of...

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development are concepts utilized by large companies. For their part, cooperatives have often been considered the leaders in social innovation, but this temporary advantage when it comes to taking on commitments has not been carried to its ultimate...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address a theoretical and methodological framework to validate a model for explaining social responsibility in cooperative societies. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative methodology based on the assessment and agreement of an expert panel has...

We investigate whether growth in consumer income causes an increased willingness to pay to mitigate negative externalities from consumption. Correlational field evidence suggests a positive relationship between income and social responsibility. To investigate a causal link, we conduct a...

The environmental, economic, and social impact of food value chains have attracted the attention ofa wide range of stakeholders. However, only a few studies have focused on sustainability in the foodindustry in terms of social responsibility from a developing country perspective. Indeed,...

Background: Health care systems in many countries are characterized by limited availability of provider performance data that can be used to design and implement welfare improving reforms in the health sector. We question whether a simple mystery shopper scheme can be an effective measure to...

This paper studies socially responsible behavior in markets. We develop a laboratory product market in which low-cost production creates a negative externality for third parties, but where alternative production with higher costs mitigates the externality. Our first study, conducted in...