Corporate social responsibility: does the conception collapse?

Economic Annals-XXI: Volume 135, Issue 11-12(1), Pages: 50-53

Citation information:
Balewski, B., & Janowski, A. (2013). Corporate social responsibility: does the conception collapse? Economic Annals-XXI, 11-12(1), 50-53. https://ea21journal.world/index.php/ea-v135-13/

Błażej Balewski
PhD (Economics),
Dean of the Economic Faculty,
The School of Higher Education of Managerial Personnel in Konin
3a Zagorovska St., Konin, 62-500, Poland
blazej@balewski.pl

Andrzej Janowski
PhD (Economics),
Headmaster of Insurance and Banking Faculty,
The School of Higher Education of Managerial Personnel in Konin
3a Zagorovska St., Konin, 62-500, Poland
andrzej.j@poczta.fm

Corporate social responsibility: does the conception collapse?

Abstract. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the subject of interest for researchers and practitioners over four millennia. During this period, a number of demands for socially-oriented business activities [1, p. 10-38] also increased the activity of the organization in the field of social and environmental projects in which the concept of corporate social responsibility organization including elements of economics, philosophy [2, p. 279-296], ethics evoked earlier, finally, the social sciences and, consequently, as a result of inertia, caused by the difference of these disciplines, determines a lot of problems both of interpretation and definitional. Thus, the unequivocal definition of corporate social responsibility both in theoretical and practical activities exists. The reasons for this can be seen in the relatively long history of the ideas embedded in the various justifications and interpretations.

Keywords: Corporation; Effectiveness; Globalization; Social Responsibility; Society

JEL Classification: M12

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Received 04.10.2013