Introduction

Corporate Social Responsibility

What Is Corporate Social Responsibility?

What is corporate social responsibility (CSR)? What is sustainability? What is the difference between these two concepts and business ethics? Is CR (corporate responsibility) different from CSR? What does it mean to be a corporate citizen? All of these terms have become commonplace in recent years, but beyond a general sense that corporations have some form of obligation beyond their organizational boundaries; what do they actually mean? Are these concepts mutually exclusive or is there significant overlap among them? And, if they are not the same, why is it that we cannot agree upon universal definitions that convey clearly to corporations the set of behaviors ...

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