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Yates, Mariah. "Dynamics and Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility Authenticity." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1521191607847033.
Full textHuangFu, JiangBo. "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Profit Performance: CSR for Profitability, CSR for Social Welfare, or CSR for both Profitability and Social Welfare?" OpenSIUC, 2017. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2180.
Full textBjörkman, Peter, and Otto Froom. "Corporate Social Responsibility - Att stärka ett varumärke." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-18469.
Full textHsu, Ya-Hui, and Sanna Seilonen. "Corporate Social Responsibility : Motivation and Implementation in SME's perspective." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-21558.
Full textAndersson, Elvira, and Anna Lundström. "Corporate Social Responsibility Bostadsbolagens sociala ansvarstagande och relationerna mellan CSR och genus." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23264.
Full textTitle: Corporate Social Responsibility - Housing companies social responsibility and the relations between CSR and gender.Course: Real Estate Science Thesis, 15 hp. Author: Anna Lundström & Elvira AnderssonAdvisor: Karin Staffansson PauliKey Words: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, social responsibillity,gender, equality.Purpose: The purpose of the study is to contribute to a deeper understanding of how housing companies with different forms of ownership chooses to define and organize CSR. The study will also examine what relations there is between CSR and the gender aspect in the real estate industry. The study will also contribute to increased knowledge about how various housing companies work with CSR and the incentive behind the work. Are there any similarities or differences depending on the housing companies form of ownership?Methodology: The essay method is based on a qualitative study with a combination of literature studies and interviews with representives from five different housing companies. The websites and annual reports of the housing companies have been studied to form an idea of how companies relate and work with CSR.Theory: The study’s theoretical points of departure have their basis in research on the definition of CSR as Carroll's CSR pyramid, theory of gender as Ackers organization theory and Porter and Kramer’s theory of creating shared value.Empirics: The empirical data is based on a survey of five companies’ websites and annual reports as well as interwies with a representative from each company.Conclusion: The results of the study identifies that all companies irrespective of the form of ownership defines CSR resembling. CSR as a concept is about to disappear and be replaced by sustainability and social responsibility. CSR means taking responsibility for the economy, environment and the social society. All companies separate these three parts and connect CSR to the companies social responsibility. All the companies are organizing their work with CSR differently. CSR is about sustainability, for something to be sustainable it must be fair, and when it is fair it is also equal. The study shows a relation between CSR and the gender aspect. The companies have to take social responsibility inside the organization to have an equal and sustainable culture. All respondents in the study belives that their own organization is gender equal but not the real esate industry in general. Gender equality is increasing because more people demands it. Corporate social responsibility are increases because society demands it.
Nilsson, Klara. "Corporate Social Responsibility : How Corporate is the Responsibility?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75124.
Full textBackground: Today, most companies have recognized the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and regularly communicating the work with stakeholders. Since CSR lacks a uniform definition and thus also a uniform model to work for, it creates uncertainties about the purpose of the work. Companies who only do symbolic actions to be perceived as good citizens of the community can then use CSR as PR. It can therefore be questioned how well CSR is integrated into the core business. However, it has been an increasing number of legal requirements and standards in the area, potentially creating a clearer framework but also another approach. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to gain a greater understanding of CSR as a concept and then see how companies work to integrate CSR into core business and why. The study also looks at the impact of increased regulation, to see if views on CSR have changed. Method: The study has primarily a qualitative research strategy with a deductive approach that stands on previous studies. The companies studied are Lammhult Design Group AB and Electra AB. As a data collection method, I have conducted semi-structured interviews with responsible managers, but also a staff survey. I have also used the homepages websites and annual and sustainability reports. Outcome and conclusion: It is not as important to find a unified definition of CSR in today's society. The concept of CSR has been replaced by sustainability, which is considered as a broader term. Furthermore, it is a slow process of integrating CSR into core business, where internal voice, education, routines and information are of particular importance. By maintaining sustainability at the forefront companies can avoid pressure such as legal requirements.
Theilkemeier, Linnea, Azin Taheri, and Isabel Dreveborn. "Corporate Social Responsibility : the legal framework of CSR." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-14307.
Full textBohlin, Diana. "Corporate Social Responsibility Communication : Communicating CSR to consumer." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-25344.
Full textPetroniová, Lucia. "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) v spoločnosti Danone a.s." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-77864.
Full textShamoun, Devan, and Jelena Kokosar. "Corporate Social Responsibility : Inom bankverksamhet." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för ekonomi och företagande, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-17783.
Full textTsegai, Alek Melake, and Mohamud Hussein. "Corporate social responsibility (CSR) : Hur några av Sveriges mest hållbara företag jobbar med CSR." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Institutionen för kultur och samhälle, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-37646.
Full textAnsvarsfullt företagande är något som tar allt större och viktigare plats bland företagen och ett begrepp som förknippas med detta är Corporate social responsibility. Det är ett samlingsnamn för ansvaret företagen förväntas ta av samhället, där bland att ta hänsyn till arbetsvillkor för medarbetare och miljöpåverkan. Följande arbete avser att undersöka hur företag som återfinns bland Sveriges topp 20 mest hållbara företaget lista arbetar med Corporate social responsibility (CSR). Syftet med arbetet är att förstå hur företagen arbetar med CSR och detta genom att analysera och jämföra företagen Systembolaget, Ikea och Stena recycling som alla finns bland topp 20 mest hållbara företagen i Sverige år 2020. Genom relevanta teori har vi format en intervjuguide som underlag för datainsamlingen. Totalt sett intervjuades tre respondenter där alla hade en tongivande roll i företagens ansvarstagande. Med en intervjuguide baserad på de fyra aspekter av CSR ekonomiskt, socialt, miljö och etisk har en data samlats in. Genom en induktiv ansats har vi dragit slutsatser i relation till teori och litteratur. Sedan genom analys av empirisk data har förståelse skapats i hur företagen jobbar med CSR och hur de förhåller sig till teorierna. Resultat av intervjuerna visade att företagens arbetar med CSR och vad det gäller de olika aspekterna om CSR finns det likheter och skillnader mellan företagen. En gemensam nämnare för alla företagen är det på CSR i allmänhet. De anser att ansvarstagande är en del av att styra ett företag då företagen är del av samhället och har ett stort inflytande. Vidare vill företagen anses vara legitima och tar då ansvar för sina handlingar.
Romanov, Richard, and Malin Pettersson. "Corporate Social Responsibility : De bakomliggande faktorerna och införlivningen i varumärket." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-29612.
Full textBakgrund: Både varumärken och CSR har blivit större på marknaden idag samtidigt som konsumenterna har blivit mer medvetna om hur företagen bedriver sin affärsverksamhet. Företagen måste då anpassa sin affärsverksamhet och skapa ett CSR-program. Problemformulering: Eftersom CSR nästan har blivit ett krav på ett företag och deras varumärke så anser vi det intressant att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar valet av CSR-program samt hur företagen använder dessa program strategiskt. Frågeställningar: Vilka faktorer samt intressenter påverkar valet av ett företags filantropiska CSR? Hur arbetar företag med att differentiera/positionera varumärket genom sitt filantropiska CSR-program? Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka vilka bakomliggande faktorer som påverkar företags val av CSR-program samt hur de använder sina filantropiska CSR-program för att positionera/differentiera sitt varumärke. Metod: Studien utgår utifrån en kvalitativ metod där primärdata har samlats in utifrån intervjuer. Respondenterna har varit diverse anställda hos de två undersökta bolagen, Folksam och Skandia. Primärdata har sedan analyserats gentemot studiens sekundärdata vilken innefattar den tidigare forskningens teorier angående hur företag väljer CSR, vilka faktorer som spelar in, samt hur de kan använda sin CSR för att differentiera samt positionera sitt varumärke. Slutsats: Skandia och Folksam skiljer sig i både val av CSR program, bakomliggande faktorer samt hur de använder sig av deras filantropiska CSR-program strategiskt. Skandias val av filantropisk CSR har påverkats huvudsakligen av externa faktorer medan Folksam har påverkats av interna faktorer. Studien har även visat att Skandia använder sin filantropiska CSR för att såväl differentiering som positionering medan Folksam istället använder annan form av CSR för att göra detta.
Öberseder, Magdalena, Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, Patrick E. Murphy, and Verena Gruber. "Consumers' Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility: Scale Development and Validation." Springer, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1787-y.
Full textVenemyr, 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.
Full textIntroduction: 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.
Osman, Anas, and Hedib Sulejmanovic. "Corporate Social Responsibility inom finansbranschen." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-10807.
Full textBackground and problem: Environmental- and social responsibilities are the issues that the public increasingly demands on businesses. According to studies, it turns out that the financial sectors disinterest in ethical and environmental questions damages public confidence in the financial industry. Meanwhile, it turns out that the financial sector has increased publication of Corporate Social Responsibility. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of how the financial sector fulfills a social responsibility. We also want to examine how actors in the financial industry go about to act responsibly. Method: To collect the information, we have used interviews. We investigated the sustainability reports and then followed it up with interviews with a CSR manager at the respective institutions. Conclusion: Through the investigation, we concluded that financial institutions comply with the requirements imposed on companies to fulfill a social responsibility, whether it is through statutory regulations or ethical standards and values. It, however, can choose to follow and to what degree, is the ethical norms and values as defined by various international guidelines. The survey also showed that the surveyed financial institutions conceptualize CSR by striving to achieve sustainable funding. Financial institutions have an identical mindset of sustainable funding, the largest can influence through its lending activities is a starting point that unites institutes. They believe that this leads to greater accountability and that the business complies with sustainable development.
Axelsson, Emma. "Corporate Social Responsibility : En studie av företags sociala ansvarstagande." Thesis, Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-5581.
Full textHeed, Emilia, and Hanna Törnbom. "Corporate Social Responsibility : Varför ska banker ta ett ansvar?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-19123.
Full textLili, Chang, and Cheng Jiaqi. "Consumer Responses to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in China." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-328238.
Full textLöwengren, Frida, and Fredrik Johansson. "Corporate Social Responsibility - intressenternas betydelse för kommunikation av CSR." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-89189.
Full textRussell, Ellina Osseichuk. "CEO and CSR : business leaders and corporate social responsibility." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/506.
Full textEisenschmid, Nicola. "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) im Supply Chain Management (SCM)." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-108243.
Full textBased on increased pressure on the part of different stakeholders, changed expectations on social issues as well as political frameworks, corporate social responsibility (CSR) gains more importance within the whole process of value add. Social responsibility extends the limits of the focal enterprise and includes the whole supply chain. The purchasing function is responsible for the important task (within the value add process) to source goods and services from third parties, the suppliers. Often production partners in emerging countries follow different legal and social standards. In order to compensate missing legal requirements and standardized norms, large MNE need to regularly supervise their supply base and secure CSR by themselves. This doctoral thesis aims to investigate the necessity of the integration of CSR as evaluation criterion in existing processes, with the result to be able to evaluate suitable suppliers for strategic relationships. Therefore based on expert interviews the method „CSR-IndexSA“ is being developed. This CSR-IndexSA allows the suppliers’ evaluation with a self assessment. The method is being proved for its reliability and is being adopted in a large scale empirical study involving numerous suppliers. The broad statistical analysis of existing evaluation criteria and processes with the measured suppliers’ CSR performance shows the need of the integration of CSR as independent criterion within the supplier evaluation process. The effects on existing processes are proven to be minor. Those results point to further relations between the “classical” criteria for evaluation and various CSR dimensions (e.g. environmental management) and give advice for an improved supplier evaluation. Furthermore CSR risk factors such as company size or region can be identified through the empirical survey. Long-term partnerships mean an increasingly important success factor in customer supplier relationships. The survey’s results show also that those suppliers who value a strategic relationship as important also have a high rating regarding CSR performance
Mengel, Niklas. "Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Family Businesses." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264545.
Full textBothén, Sandra, and Philip Waern. "Att kommunicera med corporate social responsibility : Fallet ICA." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-21842.
Full textKong, Xiangying, and Sainan Li. "BUSINESS GROWTH WITH CSR (CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY) AND 6A MODEL." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för teknik och miljö, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-16583.
Full textLindfors, Sam, Samir Ghaddab, and Josefine Jonsson. "Corporate Social Responsibility inom banksektorn : En fallstudie av Nordeas CSR-strategier." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-18256.
Full textGlad, Felicia, and Paulsson Karl Steinbach. "Vad är CSR för oss? : En studie om utmaningar vid CSR-implementering i en människorättsorganisation." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-23641.
Full textAim: The purpose of this thesis is to gain insight into the challenges that faces organisations when implementing CSR, and how those challenges can be met with change agents. Method: This thesis is based around a qualitative method wherein a thematic analysis is applied. Through relevant theoretic ground the three overall themes of Interpretation, Change agents and Implementation is identified, further acting as a structural basis for the account as well as analysis of the empirical data. The empirical information has in turn been collected through semistructured interviews conducted at a Swedish human rights organisation. Result & Conclusions: The findings of this thesis indicate that the creation of an organisation-wide understanding of CSR is facilitated by attaching the concept to the individual context of the organisation. The context in the form of factors such as basic values, organisational climate and overall history is then acting as a guiding force towards forming a specific conceptual interpretation. The procedural role of the change agent is further highlighted, with an emphasis on the importance of raising awareness around informal change agents through the process of interpreting CSR. The findings then demonstrate how dedicated persons within the organisation through natural passion and competence, effectively can convey unified understandings of the concept within the own context. Suggestions for future research: The limitations of the thesis consist of the chosen study example. The human rights organisation studied is surrounded by factors that can be viewed as rather unique in a wider organisational perspective. Generalising the results can therefore prove to be problematic. Future research should in that sense be aimed towards exploring the insights of this thesis in the context of private corporations. Contribution of the thesis: The contribution of this thesis consist in part of the increased understanding around the importance of informal change agents and how organisations as a first step in the orientation to CSR should direct focus towards the own organisation. The thesis further suggests that several factors already existing within the organisation, such as basic values, history and organisational climate, can provide a solid framework upon building heightened understandings of the own context in terms of interpreting CSR.
Beccu, Gabriele. "Positive effects of strategic corporate social responsibility." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9591.
Full textIn recent years scholars have been developing various theoretical models to measure the effects of corporate social responsibility activities on customer perceptions and on customer-company identification. While significant advances have been made in demonstrating the positive effects of CSR initiatives, little research has been focused on how a structured approach to CSR affects these variables. This study aims to demonstrate the major positive effects of a strategic approach to CSR in comparison to a philanthropic approach, and to provide managers with useful advices for the creation of shared value for the society.
Eriksson, Joachim, and Oscar Junling. "CSR – framtidensstrategiska vinnare? : En fallstudie om hur företagsavdelningarintegrerar CSR-strategi." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-150918.
Full textProblem discussion: The authors have not identified research on CSR strategy based on a departmental perspective. The knowledge gap that the study examines is therefore the business departments' driving forces to work with CSR, similarities and differences between departments' CSR work and how they are coordinated. Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to investigate how the departments' CSR work supports the integration of the company's overall CSR strategy. Research questions: What driving forces contribute to the departments' work with CSR? How do each department carry out its CSR work and what similarities and differences are there? How is CSR work coordinated between departments? Conclusion: To do the right things in the right department and to do different CSR activities according to the business department is effective according to the authors. Coordination between them is needed and for Stadium, communication has been done primarily through a Sustainability Council. The authors also see more opportunities, such as documentation about CSR strategy, results and key indicators. If departments take responsibility, work towards a common goal and support each other, greater benefit is achieved, and CSR is then a strategy and guidance that will benefit businesses and society. Science contributions: The study's knowledge contribution results in an increased understanding that coordination and integration between departments increases the chance of a total CSR strategy, with the desired strategic outcome of higher total value creation for companies and society.
Lönn, Mattias, and Christoffer Holm. "Corporate Social Responsibility : En studie om hur CSR kan mätas." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45298.
Full textIntroduction Corporate Social Responsibility has been a current topic over the last years. The topic has especially been debated in the energy industry due to the industry’s effect on the environment. Working with CSR leads to increased public welfare but more companies determine to work with CSR for profit ambitions. By connecting CSR with strategies there are possibilities for both increased public welfare and business advantage. Despite that CSR is recognized as a common accepted expression, there’s still a confusion of the concepts meaning. Purpose The purpose of the study is dual; partly the study aims to concretize the concept of CSR to study how municipal energy companies may work with performance measurement for management control of CSR commitments, partly the study aims to assist Nogap with suggestions of performance metrics that would be applicable for their concept Sustainable profit. Method In the beginning, the study was based on a literature study that resulted in a conceptual model and a theoretical framework. The model formed the basis for a more depth understanding of CSR within three municipal energy companies. CSR and performance measurement then were combined in a thematic analysis. Conclusion Within municipal energy companies it’s possible to combine performance measurement and CSR, but to measure, the concept needs to be concretized to operational and identifiable activities. By managing CSR activities with performance measurement, municipal energy companies have opportunities to contribute to both public welfare and business advantage and thus a Sustainable profit.
Oredsson, Lindsey. "Communicating Responsibility : Audience reception of CSR communication on social media." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för mediestudier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-104697.
Full textQuinio, Kristine. "Practice and perception the diffusion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2009. http://worldcat.org/oclc/457045937/viewonline.
Full textRana, Padmakshi. "Exploration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in food manufacturing companies." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609401.
Full textErgül, Anghela, and Tibella Massi. "Corporate Social Responsibility : En fallstudie om intern kommunikation av CSR." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-30467.
Full textJogie, Greg, and Ayaz Shukat. "How do Global Retail Companies utilize Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?" Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för management, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3046.
Full textFöretag runt om i världen i dag erkänner mer och mer behovet av långsiktigt hållbara strategier integreras i sin kärnverksamhet. Detta har lett till användandet av Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ram. H & M och UNIQLO är inte annorlunda. De är etablerade globala detaljhandelsföretag och som drabbats hårt av konsumenterna efterfrågan på ett hållbart arbetsprocessen. Kraven är ofta hörs när nyheten träffar av problem i försörjningskedjan. Det kan vara frågor som otillfredsställande arbetsförhållanden i fabriker, miljöfrågor som orsakas av produktion och allmän obalans i arbetsmarknadspolitiska åtgärder. Sådana problem har satt press på företagen att anta en korrekt rapportering ramar för deras hållbarhetsarbete och det är fokus för denna uppsats. Målet är att förstå hur väl organisationerna har använt CSR och målet är att titta på deras beteende inom ramen för sina processer leverantörskedjan och deras miljöfokus. Vi kommer då att jämföra dem enligt en hållbar mätning ramverk kallat Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). GRI är ett ramverk ofta används av högsta internationella företag idag och eftersom den har ett diversifierat perspektiv på företagens sociala ansvar, det kan utöka åsikter om företagens sociala ansvar från konsumenten och företagets perspektiv på en global rapportering perspektiv. Detta perspektiv är opartiskt och globalt accepterad. De slutsatser som dras i slutet av avhandlingen visar likheter och skillnader i de bolag CSR insatser och det tomrum som de behöver för att fylla för att verkligen stärka sitt fokus på socialt ansvarstagande. En väg framåt är att förstå dessa skillnader och skapa en strategi som kommer att hjälpa företagen att övervinna dessa hinder i det långa loppet.
Ahlin, Emmeli, and Sandra Skog. "Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, som del av företagens varumärke : Påverkar CSR kunderna vid val av butik?" Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-14247.
Full textABSTRACT Title: Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, as part of the corporate brand – Affects CSR costumers´choice at the store? Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration Author: Emmelie Ahlin & Sandra Skog Supervisor: Agneta Sundström Date: 2013 – May Aim: The aim is to describe and analyze how companies work with CSR as part of the brand and how it affects consumers when choosing store. Method: The study applied quantitative methodology and supporting data collection is survey carried out. The data collected is processed and presented in the report by the use of pie charts and bar charts. We have also used qualitative method by carrying out two e-mail interviews with Coop and ICA. Secondary data was collected through the Internet and from corporate websites. To obtain theoretical support, we have used scientific articles and books. The results were analyzed by compiling and encoding the material that we collected. esult & Conclusions: The results show that companies in the study present itself as very responsible on the website. The interviews show that both companies, represented by Coop and ICA, that they put a lot of work in CSR. They work closely with various organizations and the environmental label products as consumers through to purchase can contribute to a better environment and a better society. From analysis shows that firms operating in a similar way when it comes to CSR. The difference is that Coop is working more with communication in relation to customers than what ICA does. With regard to consumers, they believe that Coop is more responsible than ICA. One conclusion is that customers believe that CSR is important but when they get to the actual choices they choose based on other criteria. Suggestions for future research: What we see as interesting to further research is how consumers prioritize and select retailers in other industries. Another proposal is to study how the companies in our study may influence consumers to make more responsible choices. Contribution of the thesis: The study grant is that we have been able to show that the majority of consumers believe it is important that the store they shop in taking social and environmental responsibility for the products they sell. We have seen that even though they say that it is essential to social and environmental responsibility, it has low importance when choosing store. Consumers say it's important to social and environmental responsibility, but then when they choose themselves, it's proximity to the most important thing.
Bravo, Gonzalez Ramon. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Brand Value in Luxury." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78038.
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Rodriguez, Adrian Xavier. "Corporate social responsibility (CSR) : responsibility or Innovation? : an analysis of the feedback between CSR activities and the expectations placed upon corporations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59783.
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This thesis uses case study and interview data to present a framework for analyzing corporate behavior in order to define corporate social responsibility (CSR). It answers the question: Can corporations tie corporate social responsibility to the profit-making mission, and, if so, how? We define CSR as the actions that exceed the expectations placed upon the corporation. We demonstrate that the level of expectations, separating social irresponsibility from responsibility, is dynamic-changing over time and by region. This level is influenced by the maximum of three forces: social norms, market forces, regulatory standards. Actions that exceed expectations, what we consider CSR, are then categorized here in three broad groups: 1) Philanthropic: projects dealing with social good that have little or no relation to the corporate mission. 2) Strategic: initiatives that align and advance social and business goals simultaneously. 3) Social: actions typically addressed by social entrepreneurship designed and executed predominantly to target a social need. Finally, we validate the CSR framework and introduce areas of value-creation to be considered by corporations when making the decision to perform CSR. While CSR can be profitable and yield value, many things must be considered prior to engaging in CSR.
by Adrian Xavier Rodriguez.
S.M.in Technology and Policy
Hansson, Fredrik, and Filip Johansson. "CSR ur personalens perspektiv : hur inverkar organisationers arbete med CSR på personalens identifiering?" Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-12561.
Full textAllen, Lauren. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance in the Consumer and Nonconsumer Sectors." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/855.
Full textNilsson, Daniel. "Corporate Social Responsibility : What to do?" Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-14763.
Full textEasy, Omarsha. "Strategic CSR- A way to create societal value for Social Enterprises." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21516.
Full textElman, Beatrice, and Sebastian Pers. "Corporate Social Responsibility och riskpåverkan : En studie av det sociala ansvarstagandets effekt på risk i Svenska börsbolag." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-30714.
Full textRuiz, Svensson Erik, and Emma Rådhall. "Social responsibility in the digital era : Digital communication agencies social responsibility in digital channels." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Datateknik och informatik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-46404.
Full textEkholm, Piper Helen. "Corporate Social Responsibility : A genuine comittment or just good adverising." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-255262.
Full textEkerbring, Linn, and Magdalena Ranagården. "CSR : Drivkrafter och konsekvenser." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2040.
Full textIdag räcker det inte med att ett företag genererar vinst och har överlägsna produkter, nu tas även ansvarstagande och företagets värderingar in i bedömningen.
Detta är en fallstudie på Stadium AB med frågeställningen:
Vilka är de primära drivkrafterna bakom Stadium AB:s CSR arbete idag och vad blir konsekvenserna av CSR arbetet ur ett varumärkesstärkande perspektiv?
Syftet var att få mer förståelse för begreppet CSR och drivkrafterna bakom. Detta gör vi genom att med en kvantitativ metod studera hur Stadium AB arbetar med CSR.
Efter jämförelser mellan empiri och teori framkom att Stadium AB:s primära drivkrafter är företagets anställda och kunder. Konsekvenserna av detta är bland annat att ägarna, de anställda och kunderna får en enhetlig bild av vad företaget står för, något som är mycket viktigt och i förlängningen stärker företagets varumärke.
Jansson, Erica, and Isabell Ljungberg. "Corporate Social Responsibility : en fallstudie om fem svenska klädföretag." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-31278.
Full textBackgroundLarge amounts of the earth's resources are used to produce goods and services to meet consumer needs. Companies can remedy part of the problem by making sustainable investments in their businesses. Today, in order to be competitive, companies must strive for sustainability in order tomeet the expectations of corporate stakeholders. The concept of CSR (Corporate SocialResponsibility) is difficult to define, and no clear definition exists regarding its scope. Working with CSR means that companies take voluntary responsibility beyond what is legislated, whichmeans that they will profit while contributing to a sustainable and better society. PurposeThe purpose of this report is to create a greater understanding of the concept of CSR, examine the driving forces that may be behind corporate work with CSR, and describe how Swedish clothing companies can take into account the concept of investments. MethodIn this report, a qualitative and deductive approach was used to answer a set question. This was done with a desk-based review by studying five clothing company’s sustainability reports. The companies included Björn Borg, Gina Tricot, KappAhl, MQ and Polarn O. Pyret. ConclusionThe report concludes that the discussed Swedish clothing company’s incorporation of CSR isdriven by the expectations and demands of its stakeholders. When making investments, companies take into account CSR by setting high standards for suppliers, for example, consideration of investment in sustainable materials, educate them and verify that the companies meet the demands.
Saha, Robin, Niklas Jörgensen, and Julia Safarova. "Corporate Social Responsibility : En studie om hur Mälarenergi kan utveckla sitt sociala ansvarstagande." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-18711.
Full textPrezoto, André Pitanguy. "The impacts of social media on CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) awareness in organizations." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17230.
Full textEste estudo tem por objetivo analisar os impactos das redes sociais na forma em que as organizações controem o reconhecimento de suas Responsabilidades Sócio-Empresariais (RSE). As redes sociais fazem parte de um fenômeno global que tem alterado a maneira que pessoas, organizações e seus respetivos stakeholders se comunicam, de maneira que elas geram impactos em diversas áreas das organizações, incluindo suas atividades e reconhecimento de RSE. Para entender e analisar estes impactos, este estudo pretende responder as seguintes perguntas de investigação: "Qual o papel das redes sociais na construção das percepções dos stakeholders sobre as atividades de RSE de uma organização?" e "Como a comunicação da RSE nas redes sociais afeta o resconhecimento da RSE de uma organização?". Este estudo foi conduzido por meio de um estudo de caso em que cinco entrevistas semi-estruturadas com diferentes representantes de diferentes organizações foram coletadas e analisadas. A análise destas entrevistas foi feita com o auxílio do software MAXQDA, que é uma ferramenta para análise de discursos. Dentre os resultados encontrados, destacam-se o papel que as redes sociais têm no desenvolvimento e reconhecimento da RSE nas organizações. Baseado nestes resultados, este estudo traz insights acerca da influência que as redes sociais têm na comunicação, análise e construção de suas atividades de RSE em relação às perspectivas e reconhecimento de seus stakeholders. Os dados analisados e conclusões obtidas têm por objetivo também destacar como as redes sociais podem ser usadas como uma ferramenta para RSE pelas organizações.
This study aims to analyze the impacts social media have on the way organizations build their Corporate Social Responsability (CSR) awareness. Social media are a global phenomena that has changed the way people, organizations and their stakeholders interact and communicate, therefore they can generate impacts on every part of organizations, including their CSR activities and awareness. To understand and analyze those impacts, this study seeks to answer the following research questions: "Which role do social media play in building stakeholders? perceptions on organizations? CSR activities?" and "How can CSR communication on social media affect an organization's CSR awareness?". This research was conducted through a case study in which five semi-structured interviews with five representatives of different organizations were made and analysed. The analysis of those interviews was made with MAXQDA software, which is a tool developed to analyze speeches. Among the main results found, it is possible to highlight the one regarding the role social media play in developping CSR awareness in organizations. Based on the results found, this research obtained some insights on the influence social media have on the way organizations communicate, analyze and build their CSR activities regarding their stakeholders' perspectives and awareness. The data analysis and conclusions aim to comprehend and highlight how social media can be used as a CSR tool within organizations.
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Andersson, Charlie, and Susanne Ikonen. "Corporate Social Responsibility : Strategisk Tillämpning Mellan Olika Branscher." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Business Studies, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-1854.
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This thesis intends to exam the strategic use of Corporate Social Responsibility within fifthteen different companies, classified/divided into three various industries. The aim is to compare the three different industries, to look for disparities and similarities in their use of CSR. The disseration looks into both variance and resemblance in the use of Corporate Social Responsibility between the companies within the same branch of trade and between the industries.
The industries of intrest
The three industries that the study has focus on is consumer, manufacturing and service related industries. Where the consumer industry is classified as companies with direct sales towards private consumers, the physical citizen. The manufacturing industry is classified as companies that manufacture products but that does´nt sell their products directly to the regular consumer. The manufacturing industry contains of companies which maincustomer is other companies. The services industry consists of companies that only sell different kinds of services and no physical goods nor any production of goods.
Selected Companies
All the businesses in the thesis is swedish companies selected from a list consisting of companies with the highest turnovers in Sweden, excluding subsidaries. All of the selected companies is choosen among the companies within the hundred highest turnovers in Sweden. The selected companies for the study is IKEA, H&M, Ica, COOP and Shell within the consumer industry. Atlas Copco, SCA, Electrolux, Volvo Group and Skanska within the manufacturing industry and TeliaSonera, Vattenfall, SAS, Nordea and If Skadeförsäkran (insurance) within the service industry.
The way of investigation
The survey has looked into annual reports, sustainable reports and pressreleases to investigate and analys the companies and the industries occurrence and communication of their Corporate Social Responsibility. Among the occuring information collected regarding CSR, the study has focused on which way the firm has choosen to communicate, which projects they choose to support and get involved in. Finally it has also looked to which partners the choose to cooperate with. The years in focus has been 2006 to the end of april 2008, but with a head focus on 2006 years activity regarding Corporate Social Responsibility.
Inledning
I dagens samhälle har den globala marknaden kommit att få allt större och större betydelse. För att kunna hantera den globala marknaden på ett mer hållbart sätt och för att utveckla en väg för säkrare hållbarutveckling efterfrågades riktlinjer från företag och större globala organisationer. Som en respons på denna efterfrågan skapades förenta nationernas initiativ Global Compact och företagen har börjat arbeta med Corporate Social Responsibility. Global Compact och CSR är även en reaktion på en allt ökande omvärldsdebatt bland världens olika medier och invånare. Medvetenheten och välviljan att förändra och hjälpa sin omgivning har blivit en viktig faktor för såväl konsumenter, investerare så som den egna personalen inom de olika företagen. Tillsammans har detta skapat en stor betydande efterfrågan på ökat företagsansvar. Allt detta är faktorer som under senare år skapat en ny era för Corporate Social Responsibility.
Syfte och Problemformulering
Denna uppsats syftar till att främst undersöka hur företag strategiskt tillämpar och använder sig av CSR inom och mellan olika branscher. Att undersöka inom vilka områden företagen är verksamma inom, samt vilka samarbetspartners som har valts. Uppsatsen ämnar kartlägga hur fördelningen av CSR – arbete ser ut inom områdena, miljö, socialt ansvarstagande och arbetsförhållanden, samt vilka samarbetspartners som valda aktörer utövar sin CSR genom. Vald tidsperiod för studien är verksamhetsåren 2006, 2007 samt perioden 1 januari – 15 maj 2008.
Metod
Uppsatsen baserar sig på en deduktiv surveyundersökning en kvantitativ ansats valdes där datan har varit av deskriptiv statistisk art, detta för att för att möjliggöra jämförelser mellan företagen och de olika branschområdena. Datainsamlingen skedde från primärkällor, det vill säga genom att granska företagens pressreleaser, årsredovisningar och hållbarhetsrapporter/ CSR rapporter från den valda undersökningsperioden, dessa fanns tillgängliga på företagens hemsidor. Studiens totala population Sverige har sedan fått fungera som en övergripande population åt de tre valda branschområdena, utgörande underpopulationer. Urvalet, företagen består av fem företag inom respektive bransch, där de utvalda företagen valts ut baserat på omsättning inom Sverige exklusive utländska dotterbolag.
Bakgrund
Corporate Social Responsibility – Tre Dimensioner
CSR kan delas in i tre underkategorier, socialt ansvarstagande, arbetsförhållanden och miljö. Socialt ansvarstagande handlar om att företagen skänker pengar till välgörande ändamål, men även att företagen försäkrar sig om att inte arbeta inom länder som exempelvis kränker de mänskliga rättigheterna. Arbetsförhållanden är en del av CSR, det har blivit väldigt viktigt för företag att utvärdera arbetares arbetsförhållanden. Att produktionen sker på ett humant och rättvist sätt både inom den egna organisationen likaväl som vid inköp och produktion relaterat till externa aktörer. Den del som kallas för miljö inom företagsansvar kan bestå av processer så som att utveckla produkter som kan tillverkas, användas och återvinnas under förhållanden som får så liten påverkan som möjligt på miljön. Företags miljöansvar kan dock även komma att tillämpas genom att företagen stödjer olika organisationer som arbetar för minskad miljöpåverkan.
Analys
Vid jämförelse av samarbetspartners mellan de olika branscherna, visade de sig att tjänsteföretagen var den bransch där de förekom minst samarbetspartners. Konsumentföretagen visade sig vara de företag med flest förekommande samarbeten. Gemensamt för alla företag var att valet av samarbetspartners var differentierat både mellan och inom branscherna. Inom samtliga undersökta branschområden visade sig hållbarhetsrapporter vara den mest dominerade kommunikationsformen, hälften av all kommunikation under 2006 skedde via hållbarhetsrapporter. Minst förekommande för 2006 för de tre valda branschområdena var CSR - kommunikation via pressreleaser. Miljöprojekt är de projekt som under 2006 var mest förekommande hos de tre branschområdena gemensamt, 66 projekt av totalt 145 projekt var under 2006 projekt inom miljö. Projekt relaterade till socialt ansvarstagande eller arbetsförhållanden var relativt lika förekommande, dock var projekt inom socialt ansvarstagande någon mer förekommande med 44 projekt av 145 mot arbetsförhållandens 35 av 145 projekt.
Slutsatser
Val av samarbetspartners skiljer sig mellan företagen och branscherna, det är endast ett fåtal samarbetspartners som förekommer hos flera företag. En anledning till detta skulle kunna vara att företagen inte väljer samma samarbetspartners, dels för att de har olika målsättningar med sitt CSR – arbete men även för att undvika en kamp om vilket företag som ger mest stöd till en viss organisation. Hållbarhetsrapporter är den mest förekommande kommunikationsformen, en av anledningarna kan vara att rapportera kan användas av företagen för att skapa uppmärksamhet kring företagets CSR – arbete. Ett sätt att tydligt visa utåt mot intressenter att företaget har uppmärksammat CSR – trenden är genom att publicera CSR – rapporter. Många företag kommunicerar sitt CSR – arbete via årsredovisningar, detta är ett enkelt sätt att kommunicera sitt engagemang till intressenter i form av finansiärer, investerare, aktieägare med flera. Många årsredovisningar innehåller en omfattande redogörelse över företagets arbete, som kan liknas vid en hållbarhetsrapport. Sammanlagt för alla branscher så är det endast en liten del av företagens arbete inom CSR som kommuniceras via pressreleaser. En eventuell anledning till detta kan vara att företagen huvudsakligen vill kommunicera sitt CSR – arbete till intressenter i form av finansiärer, investerare, myndigheter, aktieägare med flera. Pressreleaser leder till publiceringar i olika former av media, vilket riktar sig till en större del intressenter än kommunikation via hållbarhetsrapporter och årsredovisningar. Totalt sett för alla branscher är att miljöprojekten är övervägande, en anledning till detta är att företagen anpassar sig till intressenternas efterfrågan och för tillfället är miljöproblemet en dominerande fråga inom samhällsdebatten. Konsumenterna vill bidra till en bättre miljö och ett sätt att göra detta är just genom att köpa miljövänligare produkter och stötta de företag som är engagerade inom området. För finansiärer så är det viktigt att investera i företag som anses miljövänligare då detta minskar risken att företaget får negativ publicitet ledande till missnöjda kunder och en minskad vinst på grund av sin brist på miljöansvar.
Yasmin, Latif. "Corporate Social Responsibility : En fallstudie om hur två hotell arbetar med Corporate Social Responsibility och hur det kommuniceras ut till kunden." Thesis, Högskolan i Kalmar, Handelshögskolan BBS, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-59322.
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