How corporate social responsibility is defined: an analysis of 37 definitions

Alexander Dahlsrud

doi:10.1002/csr.132

journal article Nov 09, 2006

How corporate social responsibility is defined: an analysis of 37 definitions

Alexander Dahlsrud

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Vol. 15 No. 1 pp. 1-13 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractDespite numerous efforts to bring about a clear and unbiased definition of CSR, there is still some confusion as to how CSR should be defined. In this paper five dimensions of CSR are developed through a content analysis of existing CSR definitions. Frequency counts are used to analyse how often these dimensions are invoked. The analysis shows that the existing definitions are to a large degree congruent. Thus it is concluded that the confusion is not so much about how CSR is defined, as about how CSR is socially constructed in a specific context. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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Alexander Dahlsrud (2006). How corporate social responsibility is defined: an analysis of 37 definitions. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 15(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.132

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