CSR concept implementation vs. political hedonism driven by human action
Journal Title: Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership - Year 2014, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
The concept of CSR is a big challenge for organisations striving for business excellence. Nevertheless, a question should be asked whether achieving excellence is possible? I s it possible to become an excellent organisation in contemporary economic, social and political circumstances? Or the efforts to build an excellent organisation are only a PR trick. Unfortunately, nowadays many facts seem to confirm that, while operating in a very unfavourable environment, the majority of organisations which implement – to the full extent – the CSR concept in their strategies and adopt the model of socially responsible business risk business failure. Such a conclusion derives from two key facts. First of all, the legal environment is not ready for the development of socially responsible companies which results from political hedonism being an innate feature of democratic systems. Secondly, the level of customer social responsibility is not satisfactory and hardly any changes are expected in the short-term perspective, which is the consequence of hedonistic nature of human actions.
Authors and Affiliations
Grzegorz Hoppe
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP169773
- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JCRL.2014.003
- Views 130
- Downloads 0
Transformational Leadership in the Estonian Defence Forces
Purpose – The study is a contribution to the validation of the 15 items and 5 subscales Transformational Leadership Scale (TLS) proposed by Rafferty and Griffin (2004). Design/methodology/approach – The sample includes...
Intersections Between Diversity Management and Human Resources Management in Polish Enterprises
Purpose: The organisational environment enterprises operate in is constantly changing. Organisations and whole industries seek new ways of achieving competitive advantage and becoming innovative. Additionally socio-demog...
Searching for a Perfect Composition for a Board of Directors
Background: When one hears that company X achieved success, adopted a strategy, or struggles with difficulties, there is always a company board behind this news. Typically, a company board is a reflection of decisions ta...
Corporate benefits of CSR activities
The main aim of the paper is to present the benefits that a company may derive from socially responsible activities. The paper lists various definitions of CSR that indicate the expected benefits stemming from its use. B...
Role of Trust in Employment Contracting
Purpose: The main goal of the article is to study the role of trust as the example of informal factors which interacts with formal rules in a special case of employment contracting. Design/methodology/approach: In order...