Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Implications*

2006/01/01 by Abagail McWilliams, Donald S. Siegel, Patrick M. Wright · 3,140 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · #Business #Computer science #Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting #Corporate social responsibility #Empirical research #Environmental Sustainability in Business #Epistemology #Marketing #Political science #Public relations #Strategic management #Sustainable Supply Chain Management #Variety (cybernetics)

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00580.x

published in Journal of Management Studies 43(1), 1-18 (Wiley)

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Abstract

abstract We describe a variety of perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR), which we use to develop a framework for consideration of the strategic implications of CSR. Based on this framework, we propose an agenda for additional theoretical and empirical research on CSR. We then review the papers in this special issue and relate them to the proposed agenda.

Citations

• A RESOURCE-BASED PERSPECTIVE ON CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AND PROFITABILITY.

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