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Dimensions of Corporate Social Performance: An Analytical Framework

Sethi, S. Prakash·1975·California Management Review
DOI 10.2307/41162149
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Corporate social responsibility is an elusive concept, but it can be measured and compared within a structural framework and within the cultural context of each organization. Thus, corporate behavior can be analyzed in three specific stages: social obligation, or response to market or legal constraints; social responsibility, or congruence with current social norms and values; and social responsiveness, or anticipation of social change and problems, with development of appropriate policies to meet these needs

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  1. See Votaw D., Sethi S. P., The Corporate Dilemma: Traditional Values versus Contemporary Problems (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1973), pp. 9–46; 167–191.
  2. For an interesting and succinct exposition of these differing viewpoints, see articles by the following in Sethi S. P., ed. The Unstable Ground: Corporate Social Policy in a Dynamic Society (Los Angeles: Melville Publishing, 1974): Bradshaw T. F., pp. 24–31; Votaw D., pp. 14–23; Moore P., pp. 47–56; and Jones M. G., pp. 32–46.
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  11. See Sethi S. P., Business Corporations and the Black Man: An Analysis of Social Conflict (Scranton, Pa.: Intext, 1970), pp. 1–13; and Chamberlain N. W., Enterprise and Environment: The Firm in Time and Place (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968).
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Authors
Sethi, S. P.
Corresponding author
Sethi, S. Prakash
ORCID
Sethi, S. Prakash
Venue
California Management Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1975-04
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
58-64
ISSN
  • 0008-1256 (ISSN-L)
  • 2162-8564
DOI
10.2307/41162149
OpenAlex
W2055541284
Cited by
1,036
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FWCI
9.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
California Management 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 › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
Keywords
corporate social performance, corporate social responsibility, social obligations, social responsiveness, social norms, organizational culture, analytical framework, social change

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