...Jeffrey E. Muldoon; David P. Stevens; Joshua Bendickson; Chase Edwards Purpose The primary purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between unproductive entrepreneurship and the improper use of corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) initiatives. The authors suggest that CSR...

... This research recontextualizes Du Bois’ contributions within organizational and management history, positioning him as a precursor to contemporary discussions on corporate social responsibility and ethical leadership. Anderson de Souza Sant’Anna can be contacted at: anderson.santanna@fgv.br 10 09...

... owners’ morals and ethical predispositions. The authors argue that depicting these actions as purely entrepreneurial philanthropy or implicit corporate social responsibility fails to capture the strategic dimension of businesses. Ingenio Manuelita implemented a multifaceted approach, comprising charity...

..., 1973). Milton Friedman, writing in the 1970s, argued that “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits” (Friedman, 1970 ; September 13). Soon after, the discussion began to focus more specifically on corporations, and the term “corporate social responsibility” was born (Carroll...

... to corporate social responsibility (CSR). This study features the case of the Miami-based airlines serving Latin America, who had experienced the longest airline labor strike to that date. Design/methodology/approach In this study, both artifacts and literary interpretations are used to inform...

... Licensed re-use rights only Historical periods Corporate social responsibility National Alliance of Business Urban crisis Workforce integration The decade of the 1960s in the USA is almost a cliché for its association with social change, reaching iconic expression in the 1964 Bob Dylan...

... contexts. The results also open to new research opportunities on corporate social responsibility in the past to explain contemporary differences among its implementation in different countries. Originality/value The research brings awareness to social responsibility in the past in a context other than...

... they are different from the Western trajectory. Nimruji Jammulamadaka can be contacted at: nimruji@iimcal.ac.in © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Corporate social responsibility Bombay textile mills CSR history Indian CSR...

... curriculum. Starting in the 1960s and in the decades thereafter, the development of SR gained momentum and evolved into a concern of scholars for corporate social responsibility (CSR). Keith Davis, considered a forerunner of the modern CSR field (Carroll, 1999 ; Wren and Bedeian, 2009), stated that he...

...Carol‐Ann Tetrault Sirsly Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how chief executive officer values and ethics have been translated into what we now term corporate social responsibility in a stakeholder view of the firm. Design/methodology/approach To fulfill this purpose...

...Richard Marens Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elucidate and explain the origins and transformation of the study of corporate social responsibility (CSR) over its half‐century history. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a historical study in two parts. The first and larger part...

... regulation sought to control business behaviors that were harmful to society and to the environment. Entering into the twenty‐first century, we are seeing an increase in international emphases in codes of ethics. We discuss these trends in terms of evolving approaches to corporate social responsibility...

...Paul L. Govekar; Richard C. Hoffman Purpose The purpose of this study is to better understand the origins of modern corporate social responsibility. The paper seeks to examine some factors that enabled the new industrial corporation to expand its role in society. Design/methodology/approach...

... the only ethical agents in a firm. Our reading of Wells emphasizes the tragic form of the novel precisely in order to move beyond the limits of such approaches. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Business ethics Literature History Entrepreneurs Corporate social responsibility...