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An Anatomy of Corporate Social Responsibility: Causal Factors in CSR as a Social Movement and Business Practice

In: The Challenge of Organizing and Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • Nigel Roome
  • Robert-Paul Doove
  • Marcel Postema

Abstract

An increasing number of businesses are applying the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the organization of their activities. While the idea that companies should have an explicitly stated approach to CSR is relatively new in continental Europe, examples of responsible business practice can be traced back nearly two centuries in many European countries. These earlier examples often focused on the provision of good working and/or living conditions for employees or, as in the case of the cooperative movement, sought to ensure that consumers’ demand for products of reliable quality was met. In contrast the practices that contribute to contemporary CSR are found in a wider constituency of companies and CSR has gathered support in the form of policy commitments by national governments and the European Commission.

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  • Nigel Roome & Robert-Paul Doove & Marcel Postema, 2006. "An Anatomy of Corporate Social Responsibility: Causal Factors in CSR as a Social Movement and Business Practice," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jan Jonker & Marco Witte (ed.), The Challenge of Organizing and Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility, chapter 6, pages 78-92, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62635-5_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230626355_6
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