Corporate social responsibility perception in business students as future managers: a multifactorial analysis
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This paper examines undergraduate business students' perception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in cases in which they have not attended any specific course either dealing with CSR or providing training in ethics. A survey was conducted of 535 Spanish business students as future managers. The results show that the stakeholders' perspective deserves a huge attention for those students considering what the keys of business success are. Significant differences in perception were nevertheless identified when a multifactorial analysis was undertaken. Female students are more concerned about CSR issues. The maximization of value for shareholders is less valued by second‐ and third‐year students than by first‐year ones. The findings point to a number of important orientations for the future development of university curriculum.
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A survey of experiments discussing the younger generation as a driving force toward achieving the SDGs has portrayed millennials as socially conscious with proenvironmental behavior and work value, preferring sustainable lifestyles and sustainable consumption, and concluded that millennials are attracted to sustainable companies.
“Survey of experiments discussing the younger generation as a driving force toward achieving the sustainable development goals [213] has portrayed millennials as socially conscious with proenvironmental behavior and work value, preferring sustainable lifestyles and sustainable consumption, and concluded that millennials are attracted to sustainable companies.”
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In the context of SDGs, the study has shown that people are willing to accept lower salaries in order to be employed by a company that is more focused on the SDGs.
“Furthermore, in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the study has shown that people are willing to accept lower salaries in order to be employed by a company that is more focused on the SDGs.”
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“More broadly, millennials have strong attitudes toward community and employee relations, service and product quality, global governance, diversity, individual values, and share a common concern for sustainability [213].”
Background
- Authors
- Alonso‐Almeida, M. D. M., Fernández de Navarrete, F. C., & Rodriguez‐Pomeda, J.
- Affiliations
- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación Avanzada sobre Evaluación de la Ciencia y la Universidad (ES)
- Department of Business Organization Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Research Institute for Higher Education and Science (INAECU) Madrid Spain
- Venue
- Business Ethics: A European Review
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-06-26
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-17
- ISSN
- 0962-8770 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8608
- OpenAlex
- W2061181556
- Cited by
- 125
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7
- FWCI
- 31.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Business Ethics A European Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Keywords
- corporate social responsibility, CSR perception, business students, future managers, stakeholder perspectives, gender differences, shareholder wealth maximization, ethics education, higher education curriculum, business ethics education
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