Corporate Social Responsibility: Perspectives on the CSR Construct’s Development and Future

2021/04/22 by Archie B. Carroll · 3 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Decision Sciences · #Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting #Environmental Sustainability in Business #Ethics in Business and Education

paper · doi:10.1177/00076503211001765

openalex publication_date 2021/04/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

This perspectives article seeks to comment and reflect on my 1999 BAS article titled “Corporate Social Responsibility: Evolution of a Definitional Construct,” and subsequent writings addressing these same topics. First, perspectives on the 1950-1999 period are offered. Second, reflections on the 2000-2020 period are presented. Finally, thoughts about the future and the new normal for CSR are set forth. Hopefully, the observations presented will stimulate further thinking on this important concept. And, it will be interesting to all of us to see where the dust settles when the pandemic ends and organizations have had a chance to re-imagine or reset their missions, goals, and processes with respect to CSR.

Citations

• The pyramid of corporate social responsibility: Toward the moral management of organizational stakeholders
• The New Political Role of Business in a Globalized World: A Review of a New Perspective on CSR and its Implications for the Firm, Governance, and Democracy

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