Case Study 1: Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility Policies in America

Mark Anthony Camilleri
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Mark Anthony Camilleri: University of Malta

Chapter Chapter 6 in Corporate Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2017, pp 99-117 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This case study sheds light on the broad categorisation Social Responsibility Social Responsibility Policy of social responsibilitysocial responsibility and environmentalEnvironment sustainability Environmental Sustainability policies in the USA. At the same time, it outlines a non-exhaustive, disciplined research on corporate citizenshipCorporate Citizenship. Previous theoretical underpinnings and empirical studies have often indicated that social responsibility and environmentally sound behaviours are being embedded into core business functions and corporate strategic decisions. Notwithstanding, this research shows how major US institutional frameworks and principlesPrinciples have been purposely developed to foster a climate for social and environmentalEnvironment responsibility Environmental Responsibility engagement. Policies and voluntary instruments include formal accreditation systems and soft laws that stimulate businesses and large organisations to implement and report their CSR-related activities. Several agencies of the US Government are currently employing CSR programmes that are intended to provide guidance on corporate citizenshipCorporate Citizenship and human rights; labourLabour and supply chains supply chainsLabour and Supply Chains ; anticorruptionanticorruption; energy and the environmentEnvironment; as well as health and social welfare among other issues.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46849-5_6

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