Corporate Social Responsibility Practice from 1800–1914: Past Initiatives and Current Debates

The history of the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has largely been limited to the twentieth century, with a focus on the United States. This paper provides a brief introduction to CSR practice from the nineteenth century through World War I in the United Kingdom, United States, Ja...

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Main Author: Husted, Bryan W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2015
In: Business ethics quarterly
Year: 2015, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 125-141
Further subjects:B Corporate social responsibility
B historical business ethics
B political CSR
B historical CSR
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Summary:The history of the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has largely been limited to the twentieth century, with a focus on the United States. This paper provides a brief introduction to CSR practice from the nineteenth century through World War I in the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, India, and Germany. The relevance of nineteenth-century CSR to current debates and research regarding the motivations for CSR, the business cases for CSR, stakeholder management, political CSR, industry self-regulation, and income inequality are also discussed.
ISSN:2153-3326
Contains:Enthalten in: Business ethics quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/beq.2014.1