Corporate Social Responsibility in Modern Central and Eastern Europe

Heidrun Kopp ()
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Heidrun Kopp: Institut für nachhaltiges Finanzwesen

A chapter in Responsible Investment Banking, 2015, pp 453-471 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is a region made up of various countries. A statement made for one country is not necessarily true for another. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), therefore, has to be translated to serve local requirements and expectations. The political, economic, historical and cultural backgrounds of society all have an impact on these requirements. The socialist-communist era after World War II has shaped the mindset of society and subsequently built the base for the outstanding economic growth of the region after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Foreign direct investment plays a major role in this context. The decision of foreign companies to do business in CEE is based on various advantages of location, for example, economic backlog demand and the tax regime, but also on social and environmental legislation. What is a modern corporation’s current understanding of its social and environmental responsibility? Why is it attractive to corporates to take CSR seriously: as an additional risk measure, as an innovative approach to deal with future economic and societal requirements or purely as green branding? In any of these cases, CEE has a unique opportunity to learn from CSR-relevant initiatives active in economically advanced countries and to present itself as a relevant socio-ecological global player.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Foreign Direct Investment; Civil Society; Corporate Social Responsibility Communication; Sovereign Debt Crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10311-2_31

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