Title: Task 7: Definition game - Part 3
Course: Corporate Social Responsibility online > Section: Part 2: Corporate Social Responsibility

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We have gone through the definitions of all the letters that C-S-R consists of. Now we are ready with the whole concept of Corporate Social Responsibility. Let's watch together a video from the University of St. Gallen that summarizes all the core aspects of CSR:

https://youtu.be/E0NkGtNU_9w

Source: HSGUniStGallen,  What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? (10:57 min) [access 13.06.2020]. Derived from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0NkGtNU_9w&feature=youtu.be

Now we are ready to complete the final stage of the task. We already know that CSR can be differently understood and defined. So to be able to identify the core elements of CSR, we need to analyze the different ways of understanding CSR. I attach a list of different CSR definitons provided by different organizations below (Crane, Matten & Spence 2013). You can use this list, or you can research websites of companies and organizations on your own to find out how firms and NGOs define CSR. It is up to you where you'll find CSR statements.

Anyway, please complete the last task:

 Select 4 corporations and 4 NGOs and research their perspectives on CSR on the web.
 To what extent is there overlap and divergence in the corporate and NGOs' views on CSR?
 What can account for these similarities or differences?
 Based on this analysis, identify all features that are characteristic of the concept of CSR.

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References:

- Crane, A.  Matten, D. and Spence, L. J. (2013), Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global Context. in: A. Crane, D. Matten, and L.J. Spence (eds), Corporate Social Responsibility: Readings and Cases in a Global Context, 2/e. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 3-26 . Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2322817