Practical Implications of Educational Background on Future Corporate Exceutives' Social Responsibility Orientation

Differences between business students atsecular and non-secular universities withregard to their corporate social responsibilityorientation (CSRO) are examined. The resultsshow that the two groups' attitudes toward thefour components of CSRO are significantlydifferent. Specifically, compared to...

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Authors: Angelidis, John P. (Author) ; Ibrahim, Nabil A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2002
In: Teaching business ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 117-126
Further subjects:B Corporate social responsibility
B non-secular institutions
B Business Education
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Summary:Differences between business students atsecular and non-secular universities withregard to their corporate social responsibilityorientation (CSRO) are examined. The resultsshow that the two groups' attitudes toward thefour components of CSRO are significantlydifferent. Specifically, compared to businessstudents in non-secular institutions, thestudents of secular universities exhibitgreater concern about the legal component ofcorporate responsibility and a weakerorientation toward discretionary activities. Nosignificant differences between the two groupswere observed with respect to economicperformance and the ethical dimension.Explanations as well as limited generalizationsand implications are developed.
ISSN:1573-1944
Contains:Enthalten in: Teaching business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1014266926228