Open AccessLa Responsabilité Sociétale De L’entreprise : Les Différentes Approches Conceptuelles
Author(s) -
Dinia Jihane,
Abdellatif Chakor
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2018.v14n10p165
Subject(s) - corporate social responsibility , subject (documents) , sociology , epistemology , political science , public relations , philosophy , computer science , library science
What are we talking about when we refer to the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? Behind every word that constitutes "CSR" lie great debates, starting with its definition. The purpose of our article is to emphasize the issue of the CSR through a brief genealogical overview and the confrontation of several definitions based on an academic literature review. Our study revealed a proliferation of proposed definitions of the concept, reflecting different approaches, which certainly enriched the debate, but complicated the subject. Therefore, after 50 years of research, CSR remains a very subjective concept, which is not yet complete..