Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a Framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Niloufar Fallah Shayan, Nasrin Mohabbati-Kalejahi, Sepideh Alavi and Mohammad Ali Zahed
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Niloufar Fallah Shayan: Department of Business Administration, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 1983969411, Iran
Nasrin Mohabbati-Kalejahi: Department of Information and Decision Sciences, Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407, USA
Sepideh Alavi: Department of Information and Decision Sciences, Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407, USA
Mohammad Ali Zahed: Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran 3197937551, Iran

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-27

Abstract: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been an articulated practice for over 7 decades. Still, most corporations lack an integrated framework to develop a strategic, balanced, and effective approach to achieving excellence in CSR. Considering the world’s critical situation during the COVID-19 pandemic, such a framework is even more crucial now. We suggest subsuming CRS categories under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) be used and that they subsume CSR categories since SDGs are a comprehensive agenda designed for the whole planet. This study presents a new CSR drivers model and a novel comprehensive CSR model. Then, it highlights the advantages of integrating CSR and SDGs in a new framework. The proposed framework benefits from both CSR and SDGs, addresses current and future needs, and offers a better roadmap with more measurable outcomes.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainable Development Goals; business sustainability; comprehensive CSR model; CSR drivers model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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