RT Article
T1 Corporate Social Responsibility of the Most Highly Reputed European and North American Firms
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 82
IS 2
SP 379
OP 390
A1 Sotorrío, Ladislao Luna
A1 Sánchez, José Luis Fernández
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2008
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/178563156X
AB The objective of this article is double: first, to analyze, using a descriptive analysis, the main differences in the level and components of social behaviour between European and North American firms and, second, to contrast empirically, using a multiple linear regression model, whether the motives behind corporate social behaviour are different depending on the region or country of the firm. With this aim, an indicator of social behaviour (termed effort in sustainability) has been constructed by aggregating the firm’s social effort with customers, employees, community and environment for a sample of the 40 European and North American companies most highly reputed in the years 2003 and 2004. The results obtained indicate that the region or country of the firm influences the level, components and motivation of its social behaviour.
K1 cross-cultural analysis
K1 Institutional Theory
K1 Reputation
K1 CSR factors
K1 Social behaviour
K1 Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
DO 10.1007/s10551-008-9901-2