The quest of finding the CSR rationale in the 21st century
Thesis title: | The quest of finding the CSR rationale in the 21st century |
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Author: | Klomps, Dennis Richard |
Thesis type: | Diploma thesis |
Supervisor: | Quigley, Martin John David |
Opponents: | Habeeb Mohamed, Mag Mohamed Meeran Mohiadeen |
Thesis language: | English |
Abstract: | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a topic that proved to have become increasingly relevant from the 1990s onwards, from both an academic as well as a business perspective. The aim of this Thesis is to discover what drives nowadays’ companies into CSR. This research goal is divided in three research questions which cover (non)financial intra-firm-, awareness-, and governmental (regulatory) aspects of CSR. The research questions are answered through literary research (containing underlying philosophical theories, levels of analysis, the history, strategic concepts, and (non)financial pros and cons of CSR) and qualitative interviews with CSR-representatives (demonstrating supportive, complementary, and opposing views towards existing literature). The aggregated findings are that CSR is not only performed to boost other intra-company aspects besides company image, that CSR would be performed if it would not be communicated outside the company itself, and that CSR does not only exist because governments and other institutions fail to intervene and/or regulate at appropriate levels. |
Keywords: | Sustainable Development; Sustainability; Corporate Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Shared Value |
Thesis title: | THE QUEST OF FINDING THE CSR RATIONALE IN THE 21ST CENTURY |
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Author: | Klomps, Dennis Richard |
Thesis type: | Diplomová práce |
Supervisor: | Quigley, Martin John David |
Opponents: | Habeeb Mohamed, Mag Mohamed Meeran Mohiadeen |
Thesis language: | English |
Abstract: | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a topic that proved to have become increasingly relevant from the 1990s onwards, from both an academic as well as a business perspective. The aim of this Thesis is to discover what drives nowadays’ companies into CSR. This research goal is divided in three research questions which cover (non)financial intra-firm-, awareness-, and governmental (regulatory) aspects of CSR. The research questions are answered through literary research (containing underlying philosophical theories, levels of analysis, the history, strategic concepts, and (non)financial pros and cons of CSR) and qualitative interviews with CSR-representatives (demonstrating supportive, complementary, and opposing views towards existing literature). The aggregated findings are that CSR is not only performed to boost other intra-company aspects besides company image, that CSR would be performed if it would not be communicated outside the company itself, and that CSR does not only exist because governments and other institutions fail to intervene and/or regulate at appropriate levels. |
Keywords: | Sustainable Development; Sustainability; Corporate Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Shared Value |
Information about study
Study programme: | Ekonomika a management/International Management |
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Type of study programme: | Magisterský studijní program |
Assigned degree: | Ing. |
Institutions assigning academic degree: | Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze |
Faculty: | Faculty of Business Administration |
Department: | Department of Personnel Management |
Information on submission and defense
Date of assignment: | 17. 5. 2017 |
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Date of submission: | 31. 5. 2017 |
Date of defense: | 7. 9. 2017 |
Identifier in the InSIS system: | https://insis.vse.cz/zp/62186/podrobnosti |