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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2015
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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. |
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ISSN: | 2153-3326 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Business ethics quarterly
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/beq.2014.1 |