Corporate Social Responsibility: the Challenges and Constraints

Piasecki Ryszard and Gudowski Janusz ()
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Piasecki Ryszard: Ph.D., Full Professor at the University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Development Economics, Lodz, Poland
Gudowski Janusz: Ph.D., Full Professor at the University of Economics and Innovations in Lublin, Poland

Comparative Economic Research, 2017, vol. 20, issue 4, 143-157

Abstract: This article discusses the chances and vulnerabilities of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on two main levels: the small and medium sector at a local level; and big corporations at the macro and international levels. The modern understanding of the definition of CSR is also analyzed. This concept in the management sciences is often misunderstood because it is usually seen as one means in the struggle to achieve a better competitive position. On the other hand, for the development sciences CSR is an effective instrument of income redistribution and as an addition to state support for the underprivileged social groups.

Keywords: CSR; notion and understanding; local and international scale of acting; small sector; corporation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/cer-2017-0032

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