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Corporate social responsibility in host countries: a perspective from American managers
Author(s) -
Engle Robert L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
corporate social responsibility and environmental management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.519
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1535-3966
pISSN - 1535-3958
DOI - 10.1002/csr.114
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , poverty , corporate social responsibility , business , perspective (graphical) , social responsibility , host (biology) , international business , developing country , public relations , economic growth , marketing , political science , management , finance , economics , ecology , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
This paper examines the beliefs of 56 US‐based senior international business executives regarding the importance of multinational corporations' involvement in the improvement of host countries' human rights, poverty, education, health care and environment. The results of this pilot study suggest that all five areas are considered important, with the environmental responsibilities of MNCs being perceived as the most important of these five areas. Little significant difference was found with regards to the executives' views of importance based on either their having lived overseas or based on the international component of their current job activity, with one exception: those executives with more than 50% of their job involving international activities believed that MNCs had a significantly greater environmental responsibility in host countries than did those with less job‐related international activity. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.