Search for dissertations about: "corporate social responsibility CSR"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words corporate social responsibility CSR.
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1. Contextualising Constructions of Corporate Social Responsibility : Social Embeddedness in Discourse and Institutional Contexts
Abstract : ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) and ‘socially responsible investment’ (SRI) have become predominant frameworks connecting business to society that have spread across the globe. They comprise a shared set of ideas and practices, such as those promoted in global reporting standards and by international organisations such as the UN Global Compact. READ MORE
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2. Organising Corporate Social Responsibility : The Case of Employee Involvement at Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Abstract : Businesses often refer to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when asked about their responsibilities toward society. In this view, CSR includes social, environmental, and economic responsibilities, of which the latter is prevalently prioritised. READ MORE
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3. Hardened Responsibility? : Contestations and Contradictions in the Regulation of Corporations
Abstract : Throughout the last decades, the social responsibility of corporations has undergone significant changes. From revolving around self-regulation, voluntariness, and soft law, the regulatory landscape has expanded to involve harder demands on corporations, such as mandatory sustainability due diligence. READ MORE
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4. Corporate Social Responsibility under Construction : Ideas, Translations, and Institutional Change
Abstract : Although ideas about the social responsibility of business have a long history, the debate over corporate social responsibility (CSR) has escalated worldwide during the past decade under the label of CSR. This thesis contributes to new-institutional organizational approaches by exploring how and why CSR has been constructed into a widespread idea and by introducing a discussion on the interrelationship between ideas and institutional change. READ MORE
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5. Corporate Social Responsibility and Development : Case of the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project
Abstract : As society today increasingly understands the impact of transnational corporate operations, an increasing recognition on the part of corporations of their responsibility for social and environmental well being of people in poor countries appears. The norm - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) grew out of such logic. READ MORE
