The Role of CSR in the Corporate Identity of Banking Service Providers

The study here is a qualitative research based on multiple case studies of banking service providers to analyze the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the definition of the corporate identity of these kinds of organizations. The results show that, although companies increasingly integr...

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Authors: Pérez, Andrea (Author) ; Rodríguez del Bosque, Ignacio (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 108, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-166
Further subjects:B Case study
B Banking Industry
B Corporate social responsibility
B Corporate identity
B Corporate image
B corporate communication
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Summary:The study here is a qualitative research based on multiple case studies of banking service providers to analyze the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the definition of the corporate identity of these kinds of organizations. The results show that, although companies increasingly integrate CSR into their business strategies, there are some aspects of its management such as its communication or the measurement of its results that detract from its success. These results have important implications for those managers pursuing an effective management of CSR policies and strategies in their organizations, especially as the information comes from 6 of the biggest and most important banking institutions in a European country, with a declared assets (loans) volume which represents 62.75% of the total assets in the national banking industry, and thus largely representing the possible heterogeneity of the market in terms of company size, location, legal status, and management styles.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1067-7