Corporate Social Responsibility in Russia: Theoretical Issues
Acknowledgments
The article was prepared within the research project No. 15-01-00282a "The Social responsibility of business in Russiagenesisspecificitystages of development"supported by the Russian Foundation for Humanities
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Vittenberg E.Y. 2016. Corporate Social Responsibility in Russia: Theoretical Issues — Sociologicheskaja nauka i social’naja praktika. No. 4. P. 74-98.
Abstract
The article is devoted to the history of the development of the concept of corporate social responsibility in Russia. It contains a critical analysis of the various points of view concerning this phenomenon existing in science. In particular, the phenomenon of uncritical transfer of concepts developed by Western scientists with respect to corporate social responsibility in developed countries to significantly different business conditions in Russia is noted. The author also presents his own broad concept of corporate social responsibility based on the view of its main function, such as maintaining social and economic stability along with other subjects of social responsibility (government, civil society) in the country. The author analyzes the substance of corporate social responsibility, its different levels and content, the system of relationships with internal and external stakeholders, as well as the specific features of corporate social responsibility under conditions of modern social and economic crisis in Russia.
Keywords:
the social responsibility of business, corporate social responsibility, socially critical behavior, corporate citizenship, socially critical investments, external and internal stakeholders
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