Diverging meanings of CSR and corporate responsibility for human rights : comparative study on Finnish firms and civil society organizations

2016

The role and responsibility of business enterprises and their potential impacts to wider society has attracted attention both in public debate and academia. Hence, the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a permanent part of the current discourse on business ethics. Firms of all size are increasingly engaging in CSR in order to respond the expectations directed to them by different stakeholders, including civil society organizations. In recent years the advancements done in regard to international guidelines on CSR have influenced to a more standardized style of CSR practices and reporting. Hence prior re- search on CSR has identified a need to move from content-drive…