Purpose – This paper aims to provide an integrative model for how commitment to sustainability emerges at the organizational, functional, and individual levels within organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The research was conducted through a multi‐site, comparative case study using...

Purpose – Responding to the growing amounts of power that corporations exert within society, stakeholder groups are increasingly placing companies under pressure to prove their commitments to the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Despite various mechanisms such as codes and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critiques corporate public relations from the perspective of philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. Design/methodology/approach – It uses an essay format. Findings – The essay is critical of proposed “communitarian-style” initiatives to take advantage...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the influences of Maignan et al. ’s (1999) four-dimension model of corporate citizenship (based on economic, ethical, legal and discretionary responsibilities) on business performance in the hospitality sector. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – This paper aims to present the state of corporate citizenship in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – The results of a survey of Brazilian companies is used to analyze the state of corporate citizenship in Brazil. The survey was constructed using the methodology developed by...

Purpose – This study aims to analyze how organization development (OD) practitioners develop corporate citizenship for the purpose of increasing their organization’s capacity to practice corporate citizenship. Research shows that very few corporations have the organizational capacity to...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to determine firms' sustainability efforts through triple bottom line reporting on the World Wide Web. Sustainability reporting can assist in brand differentiation to stakeholder groups and ultimately lead to a positive corporate reputation....

Purpose – The aim of this study is to deepen the understanding of corporate web sites – of which corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship and sustainable development (CSR/CC/SD) issues are included – which stakeholders are privileged, and which mechanisms of inner and outer...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of the primary barriers to the implementation of environmental responsibility in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs semi‐structured interviews with key informants and site observations. Key...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Nigeria’s Delta region and draw a distinction between philanthropic CSR (positive affirmative CSR) and the more demanding duty not to harm the ecosystem (negative injunction...