Abstract
Abstract Despite numerous efforts to bring about a clear and unbiased definition of CSR, there is still some confusion as to how CSR should be defined. In this paper five dimensions of CSR are developed through a content analysis of existing CSR definitions. Frequency counts are used to analyse how often these dimensions are invoked. The analysis shows that the existing definitions are to a large degree congruent. Thus it is concluded that the confusion is not so much about how CSR is defined, as about how CSR is socially constructed in a specific context. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
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Corporate social responsibilityConfusionContext (archaeology)BusinessContent analysisSocial responsibilityAccountingPublic relationsPolitical scienceSociologyPsychologySocial scienceGeography
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Alexander Dahlsrud
(2006).
How corporate social responsibility is defined: an analysis of 37 definitions.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
, 15
(1)
, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.132
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- 10.1002/csr.132