Internal Corporate Social Responsibility for Sustainability

M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández, Jose Luis Vázquez-Burguete, Maria P. García-Miguélez and Ana Lanero-Carrizo
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M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández: Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Jose Luis Vázquez-Burguete: Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of León, 24071 León, Spain
Maria P. García-Miguélez: Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of León, 24071 León, Spain
Ana Lanero-Carrizo: Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of León, 24071 León, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-14

Abstract: The recent attention paid to internal corporate social responsibility (ICSR) observed in the academic literature has been paralleled by an increased focus thereof in management, to achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A bibliometric examination of the literature on ICSR and a complementary content analysis with ATLAS.ti revealed that the topic was largely neglected until 2014 but has now reached a consolidation stage. The main contribution of this paper was to conceptualize ICSR within the current theoretical paradigm of sustainability. The obtained results demonstrate that sustainable management requires attention to internal practices such as employee well-being and engagement. We anticipate that very soon, organizations will be directly involved in the SDG agenda through ICSR.

Keywords: internal corporate social responsibility; corporate social responsibility; employees; internal stakeholders; sustainability; sustainable management; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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