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Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives Across the Value Chain
Author(s) -
Caplan Dennis,
Dutta Saurav K.,
Lawson Raef A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.21840
Subject(s) - corporate social responsibility , business , upstream (networking) , downstream (manufacturing) , value (mathematics) , ideal (ethics) , social responsibility , chain (unit) , value chain , creating shared value , industrial organization , marketing , public relations , supply chain , political science , engineering , telecommunications , physics , astronomy , machine learning , computer science , law
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is more than an altruistic ideal: It is increasingly considered a business imperative that should help drive organizational strategy. This article explores how companies manage their CSR efforts along their upstream and downstream value chains, documenting differences across industries and between U.S. and foreign organizations. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.