Is corporate social responsibility always a function of good management?

Soydan, Soylu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-1728 and Satkeen, Azizzadeh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7783-3674 (2018) Is corporate social responsibility always a function of good management? Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2018, No. 1. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2018, 10-14 Aug 2018, Chicago, Illinois, USA. . ISSN 0065-0668 [Conference or Workshop Item] (doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2018.11219abstract)

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Abstract

The debate on the relationship between business and society is an issue of practical importance and theoretical interest. This paper discusses the perspectives on the social responsibilities of organisations to indicate the diversity of approaches to the legitimacy and the boundaries of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. Classical Theories of Social Responsibility, The Stakeholder Theory, The Social Demandingness Theory, and The Social Activist Theory are critiqued. Finally, major arguments behind the social responsibility theories are discussed and an ethical relativism framework is proposed to assess the morality and the legitimacy of CSR practices. Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; philantrophy; relativism; management; stakeholder

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