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"Society is out there, organisation is in here": on the perceptions of corporate social responsibility held by different managerial groups

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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:17 authored by James A H S Hine, Lutz Preuss
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly significant managerial concept, yet the manager as an agent of corporate bureaucracy has been substantially missing from both the analytical and conceptual literature dealing with CSR. This article, which is both interpretative in nature and specific in reference to the U.K. cultural context, represents an attempt at addressing this lacuna by utilising qualitative data to explore the perceptions of managers working in corporations with developed CSR programmes. Exploring managerial perceptions of motives for CSR initiatives, methods of stakeholder engagement, organisational integration of CSR and its impact on managerial work, this study concludes that an instrumental approach dominates, which indicates an external-internal organisational paradox in the design and execution of CSR initiatives.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Journal of Business Ethics

ISSN

0167-4544

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Issue

2

Volume

88

Page range

381-393

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  • Business and Management Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-10-04

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