Dissertations / Theses: 'Corporate citizenship'

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Kronzell, Mikael, and Daniel Målberg. "Corporate Citizenship på svenska." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1251.

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Bakgrund: Vi tycker oss kunna skönja en utveckling i Sverige där potentialen för företagens sociala ansvarstagande ökat till följd av att den traditionella trygghetsgaranten, staten, alltmer dragit sig tillbaka. Samtidigt konstaterar vi att begreppen som behandlar detta område ofta saknar konkreta förslag på vilka aktiviteter som är lämpliga för företag att ägna sig åt.

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva statens roll och den allmänna opinionen i det svenska samhället vad avser förutsättningarna för företagens sociala ansvarstagande. Genom att företrädelsevis använda teoribildningen inom Corporate Citizenship ämnar vi visa och förklara vilka konkreta möjligheter detta kan innebära för företag verkandes i Sverige.

Genomförande: Empirisk data har företrädelsevis samlats in med en postenkät riktad till 3000 individer ur den svenska allmänheten.

Resultat: Välfärdsstatens tillbakadragande har skapat ett välfärdsvakuum där medborgarnas behov inte längre till fullo tillgodoses av staten. Vår undersökning visar vidare att den svenska allmänheten ger företagen legitimitet att agera som goda Corporate Citizens. De samhällsområden som är mest lämpade för företag att ägna sig åt i detta avseende är: arbetslöshetsbekämpning, brottsbekämpning, jämställdhet, kamp mot droger/missbruk, miljöfrågor, sjukvård, utbildning och äldreomsorg. Samarbete med ideella organisationer eller staten kan vara ett sätt att få legitimitet även inom andra samhällsområden För företag som inte är konsumentnära rekommenderar vi en tydlig kompetensbaserad koppling till det sociala ansvarstagandet. För konsumentnära företag finns även möjligheter att utnyttja kopplingar i det naturliga interagerande med det lokala samhället. Vi rekommenderar vidare företag att söka genomdriva sina Corporate Citizenship-projekt på en lokal nivå. Avslutningsvis finner vi att den svenska allmänheten både är mogen för och positivt inställd till att företagen på allvar börjar kommunicera ut sitt sociala ansvartagande.

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Paar, Simone. "Die Kommunikation von Corporate Citizenship /." [St. Gallen] : [s.n.], 2005. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00142388.pdf.

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Gibbs, Carole Elizabeth. "Corporate citizenship, sanctions, and environmental crime." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3920.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.
Thesis research directed by: Criminology and Criminal Justice. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Arvidsson, Emma-Maria. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship - between Truth and Reality." St. Gallen, 2005. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01648328001/$FILE/01648328001.pdf.

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Aßländer, Michael S., and Janina Curbach. "Corporate or Governmental Duties?: Corporate Citizenship From a Governmental Perspective." Sage, 2017. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A35438.

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Recent discussions on corporate citizenship (CC) highlight the new political role of corporations in society by arguing that corporations increasingly act as quasi-governmental actors and take on what hitherto had originally been governmental tasks. By examining political and sociological citizenship theories, the authors show that such a corporate engagement can be explained by a changing (self-)conception of corporate citizens from corporate bourgeois to corporate citoyen. As an intermediate actor in society, the corporate citoyen assumes co-responsibilities for social and civic affairs and actively collaborates with fellow citizens beyond governmental regulation. This change raises the question of how such corporate civic engagement can be aligned with public policy regulations and how corporate activities can be integrated into the democratic regime. To clarify the mode of CC contributions to society, the authors will apply the tenet of subsidiarity as a governing principle which allows for specifying corporations’ tasks as intermediate actors in society. By referring to the renewed European Union strategy for Corporate Social Responsibility, the authors show how such a subsidiary corporate-governmental task-sharing can be organized.

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Ochsner, Fabian. "Corporate Citizenship in der Unternehmenskommunikation Die Anforderungen von Journalisten an die Kommunikation von Corporate Citizenship der Unternehmen /." St. Gallen, 2006. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01652932001/$FILE/01652932001.pdf.

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Glazebrook, Mark, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Exchange as a determinant in corporate citizenship : Exploratory action research into the social construction of corporate citizenship." Deakin University. School of Communication and Creative Arts, 2004. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051110.133416.

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This study attempts to achieve two things. Firstly it contextualizes corporate citizenship drawing on scholarly, government, media, legal and business discourses which when viewed as a whole, reveals the importance of exchange as a central determinant in how all the major themes or subfields of corporate citizenship function and subsequently become valued within public discourse. Secondly, it reports on exploratory action research where I as a researcher occupied a central role in understanding and contributing towards how organizational settings socially construct and evolve corporate citizenship in real time through various exchange behaviour, drawing from four years field research within BP and its interactions with the external world. This research contributes to new knowledge by building a rare contextual understanding into how cultural change evolves over time within an organization, from its public face, through policy, down into employee and stakeholder reactions, including identifying the crucial role played by Cultural bridges in shifting entrenched organizational culture towards embracing new, more sustainable ways of doing business, and additionally how practitioners can legitimately act as a researcher in facilitating this process by assisting an organization to move from simple, transactional relationships to more sustainable integrated social, financial and environmental exchange between business and its broader context. Importantly, this research develops entirely new theoretical models for understanding the social application and commercial value of corporate citizenship to both business and society.

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Petersson, Carolinne, and Catrin Österberg. "Corporate Citizenship - ett genuint eller finansiellt intresse?" Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1795.

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Berglöf, Andrea, and Andreas Bielkhammar. "Corporate Citizenship : Företaget som den goda medborgaren." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-960.

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Bakgrund: Företagens roll i samhället håller på att förändras. En möjlighet för företag att bidra till en utveckling som är långsiktigt hållbar: ekonomiskt, socialt och ekologiskt kan uppnås genom Corporate Citizenship – företaget som den goda medborgaren.

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda och skapa förståelse för begreppetCorporate Citizenship och dess framväxt från ett strategiskt perspektiv, samt attstudera hur och varför företag arbetar med Corporate Citizenship.

Genomförande: En litteraturgenomgång inom området Corporate Citizenship har genomförts. Vidare har representanter från fyra svenska multinationella företag med uttalad Corporate Citizenshipverksamhet intervjuats. Undersökningen har kompletterats med intervjuer med konsulter med erfarenhet inom området.

Resultat: Corporate Citizenship kan ses som ett konkret och operationaliserbart angreppssätt av strategisk betydelse av företagets totala ansvar och engagemang: ekonomiskt, miljömässigt och socialt, där man går längre än ansatsen "att ta ansvar för sina handlingar". Företagen har från att reagera reaktivt övergått till att bli mer proaktiva i sitt agerande inom Corporate Citizenship samtidigt som strategins framväxt karakteriseras av planering. Motiven till företagens engagemang är genomgående desamma: stärkt varumärke, ökad attraktivitet som arbetsgivare, legitimitet i samhället, lönsamhet, goodwill och förbättrade kundrelationer. Uppsatsen belyser den strategiska betydelse som Corporate Citizenship kan ha för ett företag om det hanteras medvetet ur en mängd olika aspekter. Företagens inriktning på Corporate Citizenshiparbetet skiljer sig genom att det är direkt eller indirekt kopplat till kärnkompetens eller direkt relaterad till en fundamental del i affärsverksamheten. Den globala omfattningen skiljer sig även den, från inhemsk inriktning till multiinhemsk inriktning.

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Sindhwani, Saumya. "Corporate citizenship and performance : a consumer perspective." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.529921.

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There has been a long-standing debate on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance. An aura of mystery surrounds this relationship due to the mix of inconclusive, positive and negative results in existing research. This thesis aims to explore the same relationship but uses the customers of the organisations under study as the unit of analysis. A model has been constructed that aims to explain satisfaction with a socially responsible company in terms of the social responsibility of the individual customer, the customer's perception of what corporate citizenship should be, an appreciation of the company's values and the reputation of the company. Satisfaction is also hypothesised to lead to wider use of the company's services and to greater profit for the company. Thus one contribution from this work is to explain the link from social responsibility to profitability in terms of a fit between the customer's personal characteristics and the reputation of the company. The empirical setting for the research is two banks, The Co-operative Bank and smile, both operated by Co-operative Financial Services. The model was successfully tested on empirical data from a survey of the customers of both banks using Structural Equation Modelling. In all 3500 customers were surveyed. In order to test the model two measurement scales have also been developed, one to measure what has been labelled as socially responsible consumerism and another to measure corporate citizenship. The socially responsible consumerism scale focuses on understanding an individual's orientation to a socially responsible lifestyle. The corporate citizenship scale focuses on how an individual views a company's actions, specifically how he would want the company to behave. The results show that there is a strong relationship between socially responsible consumerism and corporate citizenship, i.e. the more a person is socially responsible in his personal life the more he expects the company he is dealing with to be a good corporate citizen and the higher are the ratings for the company and its reputation. Higher reputation leads to greater satisfaction with the provider and the purchase of more services. Higher satisfaction in tum leads to greater customer account profitability. The research concludes that (at least within its context) there is a positive link between good corporate citizenship and corporate performance and this link can be explained by the attraction of a socially responsible company to those who are themselves more responsible in their personal behaviour.

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Schuster, Valerie. "Unternehmen als Entwicklungsagenten ausländische Direktinvestitionen und corporate citizenship." Berlin wvb, Wiss. Verl, 2007. http://www.wvberlin.de/data/inhalt/schuster.html.

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Schuster, Valerie. "Unternehmen als Entwicklungsagenten : ausländische Direktinvestitionen und Corporate Citizenship /." Berlin : wvb, Wiss. Verl, 2008. http://www.wvberlin.de/data/inhalt/schuster.html.

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Evans, William R. "Organizational citizenship behavior antecedents : an examination of perceived corporate citizenship, work roles, and identity /." Full text available from ProQuest UM Digital Dissertations, 2006. http://0-proquest.umi.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1260798981&SrchMode=1&sid=5&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1193423765&clientId=22256.

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Peko, Nyameka. "Fostering corporate citizenship in the South African taxi industry." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/2869.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate and foster corporate citizenship (CC) in the SA taxi industry. The primary objective of this study was to foster corporate citizenship in the South African taxi industry by investigating the determinants that would increase CC in the SA taxi industry. The study gathered quantitative information about CC, identified which factors influence CC in the taxi industry and investigated which of these factors are the most important determinants that would increase the CC in the industry in South Africa. This study was intended to contribute to building the body of knowledge for the implementation and fostering of corporate citizenship programs. In particular, the researcher hoped that the framework provided in this study would outline the practical strategies that the taxi organisations should take in developing targeted, long-term partnerships with the communities in which they operate. Convenience sampling was used to select one hundred (100) participants. The response rate was ninety-six percent (96%). The sample was structured to include the directors, deputy directors, senior managers, managers and the drivers of the taxi organisations in twenty-three districts in the Eastern Cape. These participants were taken from the body that incorporates all the taxi associations in Eastern Cape called the Eastern Cape Bus and Business Chamber (ECBTBC). The empirical results revealed that in order to increase corporate citizenship within the SA taxi industry there should be an increase in its human resource management, operations management and the dynamic externalism of its members. The findings also revealed that the social cynicism should be decreased within this industry.

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Muche, Stephanie. "Corporate citizenship und Korruption ein systematisches Konzept von Unternehmensverantwortung." Wiesbaden Gabler, 2007.

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Muche, Stephanie. "Corporate Citizenship und Korruption : ein systematisches Konzept von Unternehmensverantwortung /." Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2008. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016229883&line_number=0004&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Hanke, Thomas, Achim Jughardt, and Markus Bick. "MAVACO-Tool – webbasiertes Informations- und Unterstützungssystem für Corporate Citizenship." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-140159.

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Scheepers, Gideon Jacobus. "Corporate citizenship in the global context : a strategic approach." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49894.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world has seen a wave of globalization since the demise of communism in East Europe in the late 19805, unimaginable a generation ago. A new world order has emerged, driven by a renewed trust in the free market ideology, and largely shaped by global corporations and international trade. Moreover, new technologies and instant communication have the potential to redefine peoples' life, at work and at home. Modern business has experienced dramatic and often turbulent changes in the global arena too, presenting ongoing challenges to managers as well as the ability to think and act globally. Although some companies and nations may have benefited from this scenario, other sections of the global community did not. In a world where starvation and poverty are part of the daily existence of millions of people across the globe, there is a growing concern about the direction of globalization. Over the past few years, meetings of leaders from industrialized nations and international governmental organizations have often been marked by protest actions against the growing socio-economic disparity between developed and developing nations. While world leaders across the spectrum continue their efforts to find solutions for unstable financial systems and an unequal global trade regime that generates intense political tensions, global corporations often find themselves at the centre of these debates. But there is a growing acceptance among the business community that they too have to find solutions for socia-economic and other ethical issues. Not surprisingly, though, since the business implications of these issues are best understood by business leaders. For some time now, academics and corporate managers have studied the changing role of business in society, accepting the notion that modem business does not operate in isolation. Although corporations are still allowed to generate a return on investment, more and more emphasis is now being placed on their responsibilities with regard to society and the environment in which they operate. There is also a growing acceptance that global corporations cannot continue to benefit from open global trade without acknowledging - and responding to - their social responsibilities. It comes as no surprise then to note that the Utriple bottom line ~ concept receives increased attention in company reports across the globe. Some multinational companies go even fu rther by publishing sustainable development reports, which publicly disclose their performances with regard to issues which are of concern to society and the environment. By doing so, those businesses admit that they are in fact global corporate citizens, with an unconditional commitment to behave like any other responsible citizen. Although good governance, business ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development are all important for responsible corporate citizenship, managers need to value the strategic benefits of corporate citizenship. A strategic approach to corporate citizenship also suggests a need for a corporate citizenship model. The challenge for corporate managers, though, is to ensure that their corporate citizenship models are strategically aligned with their business models. A proper fit between these two models could then serve as an important building block with regard to the development of corporate strategies.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Sedert die verval van kommunisme in Oos-Europa in die laat 1980s, het die wereld 'n golf van globalisering ervaar wat 'n generasie gelede ondenkbaar was. 'n Nuwe wereldorde het verskyn, gedryf deur 'n hernude vertroue in die vrye mark ideologie, en grootliks gevorm deur globale ondernemings en internasionale handel. Voorts het nuwe tegnologiee en intydse kommunikasie die potensiaal om mense se lewens by die werk en tuis te verander. Moderne besigheid het ook 'n dramatiese en soms turbulente verandering in die globale arena ondervind, wat deurlopende uitdagings aan bestuurders stel sowel as die vermoë om globaal te dink en op te tree. Alhoewel sommige maatskappye en nasies wel voordeel kon verkry met hierdie scenario, het ander gedeeltes van die globale gemeenskap nie. In 'n wereld waar hongersnood en armoede deel is van die daaglikse bestaan van miljoene mense oor die aarde, is daar groeiende kommer oor die rigting waarin globalisering beweeg. Vergaderings van leiers van nywerheidslande en internasionale owerheidsinstellings is die afgelope aantal jare telkens gekenmerk deur protesaksies teen die groeiende sosioekonomiese gaping tussen ontwikkelde en ontwikkelende nasies. Terwyl wereldleiers oor die die hele spektrum voortgaan met hul pogings om oplossings te vind vir onstabiele finansiele stelsels en 'n ongelyke globale handelsbewind wat intense politieke spanninge skep, bevind globale ondernemings hulself dikwels sentraal in hierdie debatte. Daar is egter 'n groeiende aanvaarding onder die sakegemeenskap dat ook hulle oplossings behoort te vind vir sosio-ekonomiese en ander etiese sake. Dit is egter nie verrassend nie, aangesien sakeleiers die besigheidsimplikasies van hierdie sake die beste begryp. Reeds vir 'n geruime tyd word die veranderende rol van besigheid in die gemeenskap deur akademici en korporatiewe bestuurders bestudeer, met aanvaarding van die siening dat moderne sake nie in isolasie funksioneer nie. Ofskoon ondernemings steeds toegelaat word om 'n opbrengs op belegging te genereer, word meer en meer klem geplaas op hul verantwoordelikhede ten opsigte van die gemeenskap en die omgewing waarbinne hulle funksioneer. Daar is ook 'n groeiende aanvaarding dat globale ondernemings nie kan aanhou om voordeel te verkry uit internasional handel sonder erkenning van - en reaksie op - hul sosiale verantwoordelikhede nie. Dit kon dus as geen verrassing nie om kennis te neem dat die "drieledige basislyn" konsep toenemend aandag geniet in maatskappyverslae dwarsoor die wereld. Sommige multinasionale maatskappye gaan selfs verder deur die publisering van volhoubare ontwikkelingsverslae wat hul vertoning openbaar ten opsigte van sake wat van belang is vir die gemeenskap. Daardeur erken daardie besighede dat hulle in werklikheid globale korporatiewe burgers is, met die onvoorwaardelike onderneming om soos enige ander verantwoordelike burger op te tree. Alhoewel goeie regering, besigheidsetiek, korporatiewe sosiale verantwoordelikheid en volhoubare ontwikkeling almal belangrik is vir verantwoordelike korporatiewe burgerskap, behoort bestuurders die strategiese voordele van korporatiewe burgerskap te waardeer. 'n Strategiese benadering tot korporatiewe burgerskap impliseer ook 'n behoefte vir 'n korporatiewe burgerskapmodel. Die uitdaging vir korporatiewe bestuurders is egter om te verseker dat hul korporatiewe burgerskapmodelle strategies in Iyn is met hul sakemodelle. 'n Behoorlike passing van hierdie twee modelle kan dan dien as 'n belangrike bousteen met betrekking tot die ontwikkeling van korporatiewe strategie.
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Hanke, Thomas, Achim Jughardt, and Markus Bick. "MAVACO-Tool – webbasiertes Informations- und Unterstützungssystem für Corporate Citizenship." Technische Universität Dresden, 2006. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A27870.

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Lenger, Katarina, and Johanna Thorpert. "Corporate Social Responsibility : ett marknadsföringsverktyg?" Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-3163.

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the act of taking social responsibility above what you need to do as a corporation. It can be of social, ethical or environmental character, for example an engagement in a local school or a voluntary reduction of pollution within the business buildings. There is no global standard concerning CSR, thus creating a definition gap where organisations are free to create their own definitions of the subject. This is in turn generating validity problems. Some companies are forced to behave as responsible corporate citizens by external pressure groups, for example by negative media attention. Others, though they are not as numerous, choose to implement CSR voluntary. An absolute model of CSR does not exist, since CSR is a concept with many different definitions. There are however two extreme schools that tries to explain CSR. Some argue that CSR is in the interest of all stakeholders, while others claim that CSR is a distraction from the shareholders interest. We have selected three models in order to give an overall picture. These will not however be used to validate the reality.

We argue in our thesis that CSR can be used as a tool within the area of reputation marketing. The purpose is therefore to research this argument with accurate research methods. We conducted a qualitative survey, with a company within the business to business service sector in Sweden, and compared it with a quantitative survey amongst the company’s clients, combined with existing theories concerning CSR as a concept. This is done in order to see whether CSR has made an impact upon the clients’ selection process, whilst choosing service providers.

Our findings show that there are other, more pressing interest areas that are important for the customers within this sector of business. But as pointed out by the service company itself, CSR is not doing any harm to the company, and in the long run, the overall trend is an increase in CSR-associated activities throughout the business environment.

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Schunk, Sebastian. "Unternehmensverantwortung und Kennzahlen : Bewertung und Darstellung von Corporate Citizenship-Massnahmen /." Marburg : Metropolis-Verl, 2009. http://d-nb.info/99586313X/04.

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Davenport, Kimberly S. "Corporate citizenship a stakeholder approach for defining corporate social performance and identifying measures for assessing it /." Full text available online (restricted access), 1997. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/Davenport.pdf.

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Hilb, Michael Dominik. "Corporate social impact innovation : an empirical study of corporate citizenship initiatives in Swiss-based multinational firms /." [St. Gallen] : [s.n.], 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014280393&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Seitz, Bernhard. "Corporate Citizenship : Rechte und Pflichten der Unternehmung im Zeitalter der Globalität /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2002. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009632467&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Weiß, Ralf. "Unternehmensführung in der Reflexiven Modernisierung : Global Corporate Citizenship, Gesellschaftsstrategie und Unternehmenskommunikation /." Marburg : Metropolis-Verl, 2002. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/355704137.pdf.

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Seitz, Bernhard Picot Arnold. "Corporate citizenship : Rechte und Pflichten der Unternehmung im Zeitalter der Globalität /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2002. http://www.gbv.de/dms/bs/toc/338087605.pdf.

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Glavas, Ante. "EFFECTS OF CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP ON EMPLOYEES: WHY DOES DOING GOOD MATTER?" Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1247063961.

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Fischer, Robert. "Regionales corporate citizenship : gesellschaftlich engagierte Unternehmen in der Metropolregion Frankfurt-Rhein-Main /." Frankfurt am Main : Selbstverl. "Rhein-Mainische Forschung", Inst. für Humangeographie der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Univ, 2007. http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz265416817inh.pdf.

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Sanner, Linda L. "A Composite Index to Measure Integration of Global Business Citizenship." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2944.

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Among the top Fortune 100 U.S. companies, 97% claim to be global business citizens, primarily based on self-evaluated qualitative criteria. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional survey design study was to develop a self-administered survey and apply it to calculate a composite index rating that assesses the maturity level a company has attained toward becoming a global business citizen. The theoretical framework underpinning the research was based on the theory of global business citizenship (GBC) and accompanying four-step implementation process. The GBC theory was utilized to develop the research survey consisting of 1 qualifying question and 22 Likert-type questions. The survey was administered to a qualified random sample of business executives in the United States with 172 usable responses received. These survey questions were then rationalized via exploratory factor analysis (EFA). EFA identified ten key questions with strong eigenvalues and grouped the interrelated items into three factors. Subsequently, the EFA-computed eigenvalues were used to develop a composite index formula. The key findings revealed that only three factors explained 70% of the variance and were named VALUE, IMPLEMENT, and LEARN, as proposed in the GBC theory itself. Questions related to the ANALY step of the GBC theory were not significant. Social change benefits include providing business leaders with a quantitative tool to help communicate to their stakeholders the steps they have achieved toward becoming a global business citizen.

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Vlyalko, Ganna, and Rummenigge Wilson. "Corporate Social Contract: An Analysis of Corporate Perspectives on the Concept." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-64360.

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Abstract The purpose of our thesis was to comprehend how organizations approach the Corporate Social Contract that exists between them and society. The empirical data was gathered to reflect a comprehension of the Corporate Social Contract as a whole and as the product of its components, i.e.: Corporate Social Responsibility and Reciprocity. Other concepts interconnected with our main topic were also used in order to better comprehend the concept of Corporate Social Contract as well as our interpretations of the collected empirical data. These interconnected concepts were Corporate Sustainability, Corporate Citizenship, Shared Value, and Willingness to Pay. The research work was approached from the qualitative standpoint. Considering that the perspective of our thesis was an organizational one, we approached 5 organizations within which to conduct interviews on the stated topic. Our aim was merely to understand the organizational perspective and approach to the concept of Corporate Social Contract, not to compare these perspectives and approaches. Each of the chosen organizations met certain basic criteria mentioned in our work that permitted us to include them in our sample. The thesis’ conclusion reflected various organizational approaches towards Corporate Social Contract from the angle of Corporate Social Responsibility as well as varying perspectives on, and expectations of, society’s reciprocity. The study has shown that our view of the equal importance of the concepts of CSR and Reciprocity, within the framework of CSC fulfillment, is an under investigated area in both academics and in the practical business world. This has also been supported by our interviewees’ view on expectations, placed on society, as an implicit area in their organizations’ policies. Through our study we have uncovered practical reasons as to why CSC cannot be fulfilled all the time, how expectations between both organizations and society differ from project to project, and the importance of societal reciprocity in the aim of CSC fulfillment. And thus, through our study, we endeavor to comprehend how organizations fulfill the CSC and how they view society’s attempts to fulfill its end of the contract. As a result of our work, future students and researchers stand to gain insights into the mentalities of organizations that hail from different industries and are based in different parts of the world. Future students and researchers could also derive their own interpretations of our respondents words based on the culture prevalent in the country in which the respondents are based. Apart from this, one can note that the respondents were also from a range of departments and their professionally skewed perspective on our topic makes for an interesting contribution to those seeking insights into our topic and those interlinked. Key Words: Corporate Social Contract, Corporate Social Responsibility, Reciprocity, Corporate Sustainability, Corporate Citizenship, Shared Value, and Willingness to Pay.

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Laeis, Clara E. "Corporate Citizenship unternehmerische Bürgerkompetenz im Dienste einer Erneuerung der sozialen Marktwirtschaft ; ein Mittelstandskonzept." Münster Lit, 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014883003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Maass, Frank. "Kooperative Ansätze im corporate citizenship Erfolgsfaktoren gemeinschaftlichen Bürgerengagements von Unternehmen im deutschen Mittelstand." München Mering Hampp, 2009. http://d-nb.info/995335850/04.

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Stolt, Robin, and Axel Svensson. "Företagens sociala ansvarstagande och dess inverkan på kunders beteende : En kvantitativ studie på sparbankskunder." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-19474.

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Titel: Företagens sociala ansvarstagande och inverkan på kunders beteende- En kvantitativ studie på sparbankskunder Nivå: C-uppsats i ämnet företagsekonomi Författare: Axel Svensson och Robin Stolt Handledare: Agneta Sundström Examinator: Jens Eklinder Frick Datum: 2015 – juni Syfte: Syftet med studien är att förklara och testa om det finns ett positivt samband mellan kunders beteende och sparbankernas arbete med filantropi, strategisk filantropi och Corporate Citizenship. Ett delsyfte är att beskriva vilka specifika aspekter av dessa CSR-perspektiv som påverkar kundernas beteende i störst utsträckning. Metod: Studien utgår från en deduktiv hypotetisk forskningsansats och kvantitativ forskningsmetod. Data har samlats in genom enkäter vilka delats ut på tre olika sparbankskontor. Analys av data sker i programmet SPSS för att kunna undersöka sambandet mellan sparbankernas sociala ansvarstagande och dess inverkan på kundernas beteende. Resultat & slutsats: Resultatet visar att positiv korrelation på en statistiskt säkerställd nivå föreligger mellan samtliga av våra testade CSR-perspektiv och kundernas beteende. Slutsatsen blir därmed att ett positivt samband mellan strategisk filantropi, filantropi samt Corporate Citizenship och kundernas beteende kan bekräftas. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Studien visar att ett samband mellan sparbankernas sociala ansvarstagande och kundernas beteende föreligger. Vi rekommenderar att fler analyser genomförs som bekräftar att det är sparbankernas sociala ansvarstagande som påverkar kundernas beteende och inte tvärt om vilket kan göras genom en regressionsanalys. Uppsatsens bidrag: Studiens bidrag är att påvisa att det finns en positiv samverkan mellan kundernas beteende och sparbankernas sociala ansvarstagande. Nyckelord: CSR, Filantropi, Strategisk filantropi, Corporate Citizenship, Sparbanker.
Title: Corporate social responsibility and its impact on customer behavior -A quantitative study on the savings bank customers. Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration Author: Axel Svensson and Robin Stolt Supervisor: Agneta Sundström Examiner: Jens Eklinder Frick Date: 2015 – June Aim: The purpose of the study is to explain and test whether there is a positive correlation between customer behavior and savings banks' work with philanthropy, strategic philanthropy and corporate citizenship. A subsidiary aim is to describe the specific aspects of these CSR-perspectives that affect customer behavior to the greatest extent. Method: The study is based on a hypothetical deductive research approach and quantitative research methods. Data were collected through questionnaires which are distributed in three different savings bank offices to be analyzed in SPSS. Result & Conclusions: The result shows that positive correlation at a statistically significant level exists between all of our tested CSR perspective and customer behavior. It is therefore concluded that a positive relationship between strategic philanthropy, philanthropy and Corporate Citizenship and customer behavior can be confirmed Suggestions for future research: We recommend that more analyzes are performed to confirm that there are savings banks' social responsibility that affect customer behavior, and not vice versa, which can be done through a regression analysis. Contribution of the thesis: The study's contribution is to demonstrate that there is a positive correlation between customer behavior and the savings banks´ social responsibility. Key words: CSR, Philanthropy, Strategic Philanthropy, Corporate Citizenship, Saving Banks

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Šimčíková, Eunika. "Aktuálne trendy v Corporate Social Responsibility." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-82016.

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The aim of the thesis is to identify current trends in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The theoretical part of the paper deals with the evolution of CSR, the basic conceptual approaches, motivation of companies to adopt responsibile business pracitices, and the dominant global trends. The practical part assesses the relevance of CSR trends for one of the world's largest companies - General Electric.

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Waris, Robert George Portwood Sharon G. "An examination of organizational culture, employee attitudes, and organizational citizenship behaviors a path analysis approach /." Diss., UMK access, 2005.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Psychology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005.
"A dissertation in psychology." Advisor: Sharon Portwood. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed June 27, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-102). Online version of the print edition.

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Venemyr, Henrik, and Per Johan Ericson. "Corporate Social Responsibility : whose responsibility is it?" Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-475.

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Introduction: The society is becoming more aware of the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) work. CSR has also be-come a competitive tool in order to reach out to potential cus-tomers. There are also many definitions of what CSR actually means. These are things that makes it interesting to find out how multinational corporations, who has a lot of power, per-ceive and work with CSR, as well as what can be done to make corporations work more with CSR.

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to describe what CSR as a con-cept means, whose responsibility it is, as well as why corpora-tions work with it. We also intend to find out what it takes to make CSR a more prevailing and decisive instrument for cor-porations?

Method: We conducted six unstructed interviews with multinational corporations in Sweden.

Conclusion: Today the phenomena of CSR has no unified definition, this is why we believe that a definition that is precise in describing what CSR is can be useful. We think that transparency is something important since information provided to the pub-lic, provides consumers and stakeholders with power to make information based investment, and purchase decisions. We have also concluded that we think that the most important factor in driving the CSR work forward and making it grow in size, is to make consumers reward the corporations that per-form well in their CSR activities.

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Puncheva, Petya. "An Analysis of the Structure of Corporate Reputation: Implications for Potential Consumers, Employees, Investors and Local Communities." Thesis, Griffith University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367827.

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There is a general consensus amongst academics and practitioners that good corporate reputation is a valuable intangible asset of organisations that influences their functioning and profitability of organisations. Consequently, corporate reputation has attracted the research interest of academics and practitioners from fields such as marketing, strategic management, organisational behaviour and human resource management. Research evidence suggests that individuals may rely on corporate reputation when making decisions with regard to contexts such as: purchasing of products and services, seeking employment, purchasing of shares or accepting the operations of an organisation in different communities. Thus, an organisation’s reputation should be managed in ways that would contribute to their ability to attract the support they need from their key constituents, such as potential consumers, employees, investors and local communities. Although it has been recognised that corporate reputation needs to be managed, there are several weaknesses in previous research concerned with corporate reputation management. First, there is limited theoretical elaboration regarding the underlying principles used by individuals in forming images of firms and overall corporate reputation. Second, there is limited theoretical understanding of the reasons why individuals rely on a firm’s reputation when making various decisions. Third, there is a scarcity of comprehensive empirical studies investigating the relationship between the structure and implications of corporate reputation for attracting the support of key constituents. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to a theoretical and practical understanding of the management of corporate reputation in a way that improves the firm’s ability to attract consumers, employees, investors and the support of local communities. To achieve this aim the research integrates corporate citizenship, institutional theory and social psychology theory in developing a theoretical framework for studying the relationship between the structure of corporate reputation and its implications for attracting constituent support. On the basis of this framework, the research developed two propositions regarding the structure of corporate reputation. A large-scale survey is used to examine these theoretical propositions. The results indicate that the variation in individuals’ ratings of the importance of the elements of corporate reputation is not related to the demographic profile of the individual. Rather, it can be attributed to differences in the decision context. Contrary to the general trend, three elements conceptualised as indicative of the patriotic appeal of a firm were rated consistently high or consistently low regardless of the relationship considered with a firm. Specifically, these elements indicated whether a firm: 1) is Australian owned; 2) provides Australian made products and services; and 3) invests its profits in Australia. Consistent with the first proposition, the set of 46 elements, which were conceptualised as relevant to the reputation of firms, significantly varied in their contribution to the decision considered by individuals with regard to firms. The findings also indicate that the reputation elements can be conceptually organised into broad dimensions. Consistent with the second proposition, most of these dimensions varied in content and importance across the four decision contexts. The above findings suggest that, similarly to stereotypes, corporate reputation structure is hierarchically organised and conveys different meaning according to the decision context considered by individuals. It is concluded that claims of universality of the structure of corporate reputation cannot be supported when we seek to explain the implications of corporate reputation for attracting various forms of constituent support.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department of International Business and Asian Studies
Griffith Business School
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Yusuf, Sabrina Gulam Silva. "Re-thinking the corporate social responsibility regulatory framework in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6821.

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Corporate governance is a principle that has had multiple evolving definitions. The Cadbury Report (also known as Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance) of 1992 is a report that sets out recommendations for best practice of a company board. Although the Cadbury Report was ideally formulated to apply to companies in the United Kingdom, its recommendations have formed the basis of many international codes over the years. It refers to corporate governance as the "system by which companies are directed and controlled". Solomons also explores the definitions of corporate governance in her book titled 'Corporate Governance and Accountability'. She acknowledges the existence of ‘narrow’ definitions and ‘broader’ definitions. Narrow definitions are more concerned with corporate accountability to a company’s shareholders. On the other hand, broader definitions seek to identify corporate accountability to shareholders and stakeholders. This definition encompasses a larger group of people, which include the society at large, future generations and the environment. For the purposes of this research, the broader definition will be utilised. Simply put, corporate governance refers to the practice in which companies are managed and controlled. This is achieved through balancing the interests of the many stakeholders of a company such as; employees, shareholders, suppliers, management, the government and many others. Corporate governance aims to create an environment whereby the company is managed in a way which promotes the interests of the stakeholders. These include, but are not limited to; the balance of powers in a company, compliance with laws and regulations, identification and management of potential risks, and ensuring accountability for its actions. In a nutshell, corporate governance can be viewed as the responsible leadership, governing and sustainability of a company. On the other hand, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be viewed as a branch of corporate governance and this shall be discussed further below. In many parts of the world, CSR functions as a voluntary code of conduct. This means that corporate entities are usually guided by a set of principles of good intent. Corporate entities are expected to self-regulate their affairs with their social effects in mind. Some scholars strongly believe that the voluntary nature of CSR is its very essence. It is a value that has to be realized through free will and philanthropy. However on the other hand, other scholars believe that this flexibility can be misused.

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Campbell, Carolyn M. "Corporate Sustainability and the Recession: Firms' Strategy Response in a Financial Crisis." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2010. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/17.

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As the modern world deals with an increasing number of environmental and social crises, corporate sustainability is becoming ever more imperative for business. There is broad agreement that profit maximization can no longer be the exclusive goal of a company, with firms working to align environmental, social, and financial performance. Companies have demonstrated a wide variety of experiences in regards to the financial crisis and its effects on corporate sustainability. While some firms experienced serious setbacks in achieving environmental and social goals others firms claimed to have been ramping up sustainability efforts during the recession. However, most firms report that their corporate sustainability strategies have not been significantly affected by the recession.

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Oloumou, Yannick Rodrigue Dieu. "Corporate citizenship and the millennium development goals: the case of South African Breweries in the Western Cape." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4134.

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Magister Administrationis - MAdmin
This study explores the relationship between companies and society with regards to companies’ social responsibilities. A number of concepts such as Corporate Citizenship (CC), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Social Investment (CSI), articulate the role of companies in society. While these concepts are often used interchangeably, the main argument advanced in this study is that the concept of CC has more political currency than other concepts as CC confers duties and rights to companies in communities where they operate. In developing countries, CC is concerned with the role played by companies in administering the socio-economic rights of people living in communities where they operate. The study seeks to provide an overview of corporations’ obligations towards the socio-economic rights of people through CC, proposing the use of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a way to find a normative framework for CC.

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Hoffmann, Sabine. "Corporate citizenship : employee attitudes and their relationship to an employer brand : a comparative case study in the German FMCG industry." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/7513.

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This thesis investigates employee attitudes to corporate citizenship (CC) and the impact on employer brands. It addresses the practice of CC in the German FMCG industry, considers employee understanding of CC, and examines which CC initiatives influence perceptions of employer brands. The research is driven by the dual challenges of sustainable development and the ‘war for talent’ in attracting, motivating and retaining employees. It is underpinned by the extant literature on CC dimensions, stakeholder theory and employer brands. The research approach is based on two case studies, comprising three phases: analysis of corporate documentation followed by two phases of semi-structured interviews exploring employees’ perceptions of CC and the link to employer brands. Key findings: An understanding of the positioning of CC in the corporate sustainability strategy and differing foci of CC, including environment, sustainable supply chain and people/culture. The study highlights employee understanding of eight CC dimensions, revealing economic responsibility toward employees as a new dimension. With respect to employer brands, CC initiatives focused on discretionary responsibility towards the natural environment and economic responsibility towards customers are seen as essential; legal, ethical and discretionary responsibility towards community are limited; and discretionary and economic responsibilities towards employees have a strong relationship. A focus on economic responsibilities towards owners has a strong but negative relationship. The theoretical contribution is a conceptual framework of all identified CC dimensions in practice and their relationship to employer brands. Contributions to practice include the importance of benefit packages, work-life balance support, employee development and work environment.

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Backscheider, Brian J. "Corporate Social Responsibility in the City: A Case Study of Cincinnati, Ohio." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243101588.

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Perumalsami, Jeremiah. "The relationship between job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour in a Western Cape Government Office." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/992.

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Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Technology: Business Administration in the Faculty of Business Management at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Modern human resource management suggests that organisations that have succeeded in the business arena have done so through good people management practices and employees who display productive behaviour above and beyond their formal job descriptions. General thought behind job satisfaction supports that happy employees are inclined to be more productive, creative and committed to their jobs, all of which are essential to achieving an organisation’s bottom line. Organisational citizenship behaviour is another factor that is regarded as important for achieving organisational effectiveness. There has been some disagreement regarding the nature of the relationship between job satisfaction (JS) and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Some studies have shown that OCB is as a result of JS. Following these studies, this research paper focuses on the extent to which JS influences OCB among a sample of employees within a Western Cape government office. Employees at the government office (N =105), selected through convenience sampling, were surveyed regarding their level of JS and their readiness to display OCB. Quantitative data was collected through a paper-based survey, using validated standardised questionnaires to measure both JS and OCB. The results show that respondents reported moderate levels of JS and OCB. Through the study it was established that there is a significant relationship between JS and OCB. Furthermore, the JS dimensions of ‘internal work motivation’ and ‘growth satisfaction’ explained 25% of the variance in OCB. This research investigated the relationship between OCB and JS in a South African context, providing insight into their relationship in a public sector organisation. In terms of practical significance, exploring the relationship between JS and OCB can provide insight for management and guidance for human resource practices, which can assist in improving JS and therefore the success of a business.

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Kroh, Julia. "Corporate social responsibility: how internal and external CSR perceptions influence employee outcomes." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11902.

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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics
Employees can be considered the inner workings of an organization. With CSR on the rise it is surprising to find comparatively little research exploring how CSR impacts such an existential stakeholder group. This study aims to theoretically explore and empirically test if internal and external CSR perceptions affect employees’ organizational citizenship behavior, affective commitment, and turnover intention. Additionally, possible interposed influences of perceived organizational support and person-organization fit on aforementioned CSR-employee outcome linkages are investigated. Results are based on surveys of 160 employees from three firms. Implications for literature and management as well as limitations and research suggestions are provided.

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Hahn, Rüdiger. "Multinationale Unternehmen und die "Base of the Pyramid" neue Perspektiven von corporate citizenship und nachhaltiger Entwicklung." Wiesbaden Gabler, 2009. http://d-nb.info/992705762/04.

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Chiboiwa, Malvern Waini. "The relationship between job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour among selected organisations in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/30.

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Contemporary human resources management suggests that organisations which have been able to make it in the business arena have done so through good people management practices. Job satisfaction, through a people centered approach, has not been spared as one of the critical forces used in achieving organisational effectiveness. Traditional thought behind job satisfaction prescribes that satisfied employees tend to be more productive, creative and committed to their jobs; all of which are imperative to ii achieving an organisation’s bottom line. There has been some controversy surrounding the nature of the relationship between job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour, which is another factor that is regarded as important in achieving organisational effectiveness. Some studies have shown that organisational citizenship behavior is a result of job satisfaction. In this regard, the present study focuses on the extent to which job satisfaction influences organisational citizenship behaviour among selected organizations in Zimbabwe. The study hypothesised that job satisfaction correlates positively with organisational citizenship behaviour. Participants in the study comprise of middle level management, supervisors and lower level employees. Two questionnaires were combined to collect data for the study. The Minnesota Satisfaction questionnaire was used to collect data on job satisfaction whilst a questionnaire by Konovsky and Organ (1996:253) was used to collect data on organisational citizenship behaviour. The results show that employees in the organisations surveyed report moderate levels of job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior. It was established that there was a substantive correlation between job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour.

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Traies, Samantha Jane, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Corporate sustainability: Greenwash or a path to sustainable capitalism?" Deakin University. School of History, Heritage and Society, 2005. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050902.105421.

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The problems of unsustainable development and the increased-awareness of corporate power in the global era have contributed to an agenda of corporate citizenship. This thesis explores the meanings and practices that fall under the banner of the triple bottom line of corporate citizenship through forty-two in-depth interviews with representatives from the corporate sector and NGO sector (including trade unions) in Australia. This purposive sample includes a specific range of corporate industries and NGO types, all of which have involvement with various areas of sustainability. Interviewees described their feelings and experiences in relation to the concept of the triple bottom line, the potential and limitations of this type of sustainability and the purpose and impacts of partnerships between NGOs and the corporate sector. On the basis of this research, this thesis argues that corporate citizenship is at best, a set of initiatives for making minor adjustments to the way companies perform their day-to-day operations and at worst, a program for improving corporate image rather than performance and for shifting the agenda of sustainable development toward corporate interests. While radical steps are required to achieve a sustainable society and environment, the terms of corporate citizenship offer very limited opportunities for change. The self-regulatory and market based model of citizenship does not challenge the impact of consumerism or the legitimacy of particular industry types and their products, except where threats are perceived to the longevity of the companies involved. Furthermore, while the exploitation of the environment and society has occurred as a result of corporate self-interest, corporate citizenship is justified on the same basis. The self-interest rationale and the tyranny of the economic bottom line in particular, substantially limit the fields of responsibility that can be included in the citizenship paradigm. While there are undoubtedly some well-intentioned corporate representatives who are working toward attaining a more sustainable corporate culture, the discourse is primarily used to shift the sustainable development agenda toward corporate paradigms and interests.

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Tsemo, Victor. "An investigation of CSR as a source of corporate political power." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621870.

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In political philosophy, power and responsibility are known to be two sides of the same coin. Yet surprisingly, corporate political power has not been strongly featured in the long-standing debate surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), despite the parallel debate on the influence of business in policy-making. The political dimension of CSR and its intrinsic relationship with Corporate Political Power (CPP) has been under-researched. This thesis adds to the CSR debate by investigating the processes and mechanisms by which CSR activities contribute to the power of the firm in the political arena, in the context of the British construction industry. Drawing on the literature on power, political activity and extended corporate citizenship, a conceptual model of the relationship between CSR and CPP was developed. The model was underpinned by insights from the Institutional Theory, the Resource Dependence Theory, and the Resource-Based View of the firm. Using a hybrid constructivist-realism epistemology and a processbased analysis, three exploratory case studies were carried out in construction companies operating in the UK. Data were collected through archival research and semi-structured interviews, and analysed by means of within and cross-case analyses. The results revealed that the political environment of the firm was analogous to a marketplace where companies traded political goods with policy-makers. CSR activities produced four political goods, namely public image, technical expertise, social capital and indebtedness, which were identified as the mechanisms by which CSR contributed to CPP. The impacts of CSR activities on CPP were three-fold: CSR strengthened the privileged structural position of companies; helped them gain easier access to policy-makers; and this privileged access gave companies more opportunities to influence regulatory outcomes. The key theoretical contribution of the thesis is a processual model that illustrates how CSR contributes to CPP. There are also implications for practice. CSR activities are velvet curtains that hide the operationalisation of political power. The social and political implications call for the attention of government officials who favour a neoliberal doctrine for the promotion of CSR to business.

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Hallbäck, Victoria. "Drivers and barriers for corporate social responsability in multinational corporations : A case study of Wärtsilä, Finland." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema vatten i natur och samhälle, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-75372.

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The aim of this thesis is to critically examine and analyze multi-national corporation´s work with corporate social responsibility when it comes to environmental protection and sustainability. This study is therefore a case study, where empirical material about a multinational corporation, the company of Wärtsilä, is studied. These include annual sustainability reports and other official material available, as well as qualitative interviews with eight employees at Wärtsilä. This material is then analyzed through the theoretical framework of Corporate Social Responsibility (e.g., Caroll, 1979) and through the theory of Corporate Citizenship (Mirvis and Googins, 2006). The results show that Wärtsilä has come far when it comes to integrating and improving its product environmental performance, but there appears to be inconsistencies between the information collected from the reports etc. and the information gathered from the interviews. These inconsistencies show that there is a need for further integration of the goals for environmental protection and sustainability, presented in the official material, into all levels and departments of the company.

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Ampofo, Akwasi Amankwaah. "Two Essays on Capital Structure Decisions of the Firm: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Managerial Entrenchment and Ethical Corporate Citizenship." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103152.

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This dissertation consists of two essays on the impact of managerial entrenchment and ethical corporate citizenship on capital structure decisions of the firm. The first essay examines the impact of managerial entrenchment on financial flexibility and capital structure decisions of firms. Agency conflicts and asymmetric information between managers and shareholders of firms exacerbate managerial entrenchment, which is operationalized using the entrenchment index. The excess cash ratio of a firm over the median cash ratio of firms within the same 3 digits SIC code is the proxy for financial flexibility. Capital structure decisions include the extent and maturity of debt as proxied by debt-to-equity ratio, and average debt maturity respectively. Results indicate that compared to managers who are not entrenched, entrenched managers obtain less rather than more debt, and they use long-term rather than short-term debt maturity. Also, entrenched managers keep more excess cash than managers who are not entrenched. This is especially the case for firms in small and large market value groups compared to medium sized firms. Results do not change before, during, and after the 2008 global economic crisis. The second essay examines the impact of ethical corporate citizenship and CEO power on cost of capital, and firm value in the context of stakeholder theory. Firms listed as World's Most Ethical Companies (WMECs) exemplify ethical corporate citizenship, which is operationalized as a binary variable of 1 for WMECs, and zero for non-WMECs. This paper matches WMECs and non-WMECs control firms in the same 3 digits SIC code, and within 10 percent of total assets. CEO power is primarily measured using CEO pay slice calculated as CEO total compensation as a percentage of top 5 executives of the firm. Powerful CEOs have pay slice above the 50th percentile, and weak CEOs pay slice is below the 50th percentile. Tobin's q is the proxy for firm value, and cost of capital is measured as the market value weighted cost of debt, and cost of equity. Results indicate that WMECs have neither lower cost of capital nor higher Tobin's q than matched control sample of non-WMECs. Firms led by powerful CEOs have significantly lower cost of debt capital, and lower industry-adjusted Tobin's q than firms led by weak CEOs. The negative impact of CEO power on firm value is consistent with agency theory that self-interested CEOs extract firm value for personal advantage, subject to managerial controls. Results have implications for research and practice in capital structure, corporate governance, CEO compensation, and corporate social responsibility.
Doctor of Philosophy
This study consists of two essays. Essay 1 examines the impact of managerial entrenchment on financial flexibility, and leverage decisions of the firm. Managerial entrenchment is measured using the entrenchment index. The excess cash ratio of a firm over the median cash ratio of firms measures financial flexibility. Capital structure decisions include the extent and maturity of debt as measured by debt-to-equity ratio, and average debt maturity respectively. I find that entrenched managers use less debt than managers who are not entrenched. Also, entrenched managers prefer using long-term rather than short-term debt, and they keep more excess cash than managers who are not entrenched. This is especially the case for small and large firms compared to medium sized firms. Essay 2 investigates the impact of ethical corporate citizenship and CEO power on cost of capital, and firm value. Ethical corporate citizenship (ECC) refers to firms' commitment to a culture of ethics, effective governance, leadership, and innovation. ECC is measured as a binary variable of one if a firm is listed on World's Most Ethical Companies (WMEC), and zero otherwise. CEO power is primarily measured using CEO pay slice that is calculated as CEO total compensation as a percentage of top 5 executives of the firm. Powerful CEOs have pay slice above the 50th percentile, and weak CEOs pay slice is below the 50th percentile. WMECs and non-WMECs in the same 3 digits standard industry classification, which have similar total assets as the WMECs are compared. I find that WMECs have neither lower cost of capital nor higher Tobin's q than non-WMECs. Powerful CEOs often utilize their influence to reduce cost of debt capital, but also reduce firm value compared to weak CEOs. Self-interested CEOs who extract firm value for personal advantage partly explains the negative effect of CEO power on firm value.

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