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A commentary on the leading information technology companies' approaches to corporate social responsibility
Author(s) -
Jones Peter,
Comfort Daphne
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.2564
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , corporate social responsibility , contradiction , public relations , social responsibility , dissemination , information technology , business , political science , law , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , computer science
The emergence of digital technologies is seen to be vitally important in driving future economic development, but they may have damaging implications for society. This contradiction begs the question of how leading information technology companies, that play an important role in developing, disseminating, promoting, and facilitating the digital technologies, address social responsibility. The aim of this commentary paper is to shed some light on this question by reviewing how the leading information technology countries publicly approach corporate social responsibility. This article describes how the companies emphasised their commitment to corporate social responsibility and evidenced that commitment in a variety of ways, before offering some wider reflections on the role of corporate social responsibility within the economy and society.