Chapter 8: Employee Well-Being and Engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility

Questionable Enron-like behavior on the part of managers suggests there is a need to understand how employees might become involved in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity. In this chapter, employees’ sense of wellbeing is related to their potential for such involvement. Applying literature drawn from a number of disciplines, it is theorized that employee sense of well-being may be related to worker perception of institutional integrity and that sense of well-being might be linked to employee involvement in institutional CSR activity. A model, labeled Employee Well-Being and Engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility, juxtaposing the individual and an ethically sensitive, socially responsible institution, is offered to illustrate.