Abstract
Corporate social responsibility is an elusive concept, but it can be measured and compared within a structural framework and within the cultural context of each organization. Thus, corporate behavior can be analyzed in three specific stages: social obligation, or response to market or legal constraints; social responsibility, or congruence with current social norms and values; and social responsiveness, or anticipation of social change and problems, with development of appropriate policies to meet these needs
Keywords
Anticipation (artificial intelligence)ObligationCorporate social responsibilityCongruence (geometry)BusinessSocial responsibilityContext (archaeology)Social changeSocial environmentPublic relationsSocial psychologySociologyPsychologyPolitical scienceSocial scienceLawComputer science
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- 17
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S. Prakash Sethi
(1975).
Dimensions of Corporate Social Performance: An Analytical Framework.
California Management Review
, 17
(3)
, 58-64.
https://doi.org/10.2307/41162149
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- 10.2307/41162149