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1、[ToWhatExtentIsCorporateSocialResponsibility(CSR)BeneficialtoaCompany’sPerformance?AnanalysisofthecorrelationbetweenCorporateSocialResponsibility(CSR)andcompanyperformancefromconsumer’sperspectiveFromboththeoreticalandmanagerialperspectives,therehasbeenincreasingconcentrationonbusinessethicsinthe
2、21stcenturyinadditiontoprofitgenerating.Theconceptofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR)therebyemerged,focusingoncommercialsuccessalongwithmaintainingethical,socialandenvironmentalvalues(Mousavietal,2013).AfterCSRmovedfromtheideologytoconcretepractice,manyempiricalstudieshavebeentryingtoexaminewhet
3、hercompanies’moralandsociallyresponsiblebehaviorscontributetogoodperformance(Lindgreen&Swaen,2010).However,suchcorrelationbetweenCSRandcompanyperformanceisrathercomplicatedandcontroversial,duetovariousdefinitionsofCSRanddifferentmethodstomeasurebusinessentities’performance.Thereforetobespecifican
4、dstraightforward,thisarticletriestoexamineCSR’spositiveeffectonconsumers’trust,purchaseintention,brandperceptionandoverallsatisfactionwhichplaycriticalrolesindeterminingperformance,andconcludesthatgenerallyCSRmaybenefitcompanyperformancetoarelativelylargeextent.Corporationswhichdemonstratetheirco
5、mmitmenttoCSRaremuchlikelytoobtainconsumertrust.AccordingtoPivatoetal(2008),theirempiricalresearchinorganicfoodretailingindustryprovedthehypothesisthatconsumers’perceptionofretailers’corporatesocialperformance(CSP)ispositivelyrelatedtoconsumertrust.Underthepreconditionthatconsumersarecapableenoug
6、htojudgeorganicproductsandbehaviorsaccordwithCSR,theconclusionisquitepersuasive.Inadditiontoindustry-levelstudies,Parketal(2014)furtherdividedconsumertrustintoexpertise,integrityandbenevolencetrust,andidentified4aspectsofCSRactivities,namelyeconomic,legal,ethicalandphilanthropic.Itisstatedthateco
7、nomicperformancegeneratescustomerexpertisetrust,whereaslegalandethicalCSRbehaviorsarouseintegritytrust,andphilanthropicCSRactivitiesincreasesocialbenevolencetrustinthecorporation6[(Park,Lee&Kim,2014).Nomatterhowtherela