Corporate social responsibility and business performance theories and evidence about organizational responsibility

1. Introduction -- 2. Development of the concept of CSR -- 3. The price of morality : an institutional analysis of the profitability of responsibility -- 4. The profits of responsibility : a literature study on the financial consequences of CSR -- 5. CSR and legitimacy : an empirical study about the...

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Main Author: Gössling, Tobias
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, Mass Edward Elgar Pub 2011
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520 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Development of the concept of CSR -- 3. The price of morality : an institutional analysis of the profitability of responsibility -- 4. The profits of responsibility : a literature study on the financial consequences of CSR -- 5. CSR and legitimacy : an empirical study about the image consequences of CSR policies -- 6. Cultural diversity and CSR : an empirical study about the acceptance of CSR policies across Europe -- 7. CSR and organizational commitment : an empirical study about consequences of CSR on motivation and commitment -- 8. Beyond responsive responsibility : an empirical study about the possibilities for European organizations to engage in sustainability at the bottom of the pyramid -- 9. New responsibilities 
520 |a Does it pay for businesses to act morally? This book attempts to answer this question. Taking a positive approach, it demonstrates that, under certain conditions, organizations can act responsibly and profitably at the same time. It elaborates on these conditions and provides evidence for the assumed positive relation between responsibility and profitability