A theoretical framework of the drivers of CSR: The role of strategic planning and firm culture

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is argued to be a strategic imperative, one that can significantly affect firm competitiveness. However, little research demonstrates what actually shapes or drives firms towards proactive CSR. This paper proposes that strategic planning is one such driver in th...

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Main Author: Galbreath, Jeremy
Format: Working Paper
Published: Curtin University of Technology 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27089
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description Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is argued to be a strategic imperative, one that can significantly affect firm competitiveness. However, little research demonstrates what actually shapes or drives firms towards proactive CSR. This paper proposes that strategic planning is one such driver in that it creates awareness of and formulates responses to a firm?s stakeholders, thereby enabling CSR. But while a strategic planning effort can develop the best and most impressive strategies ? those that drive CSR ? they might be actualized in a manner more or less than intended given the type of firm culture in place. Thus, firm culture is argued to moderate the relationship between strategic planning and CSR.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-270892017-01-30T12:56:53Z A theoretical framework of the drivers of CSR: The role of strategic planning and firm culture Galbreath, Jeremy firm success strategic planning corporate social responsibility firm culture stakeholders Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is argued to be a strategic imperative, one that can significantly affect firm competitiveness. However, little research demonstrates what actually shapes or drives firms towards proactive CSR. This paper proposes that strategic planning is one such driver in that it creates awareness of and formulates responses to a firm?s stakeholders, thereby enabling CSR. But while a strategic planning effort can develop the best and most impressive strategies ? those that drive CSR ? they might be actualized in a manner more or less than intended given the type of firm culture in place. Thus, firm culture is argued to moderate the relationship between strategic planning and CSR. 2007 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27089 Curtin University of Technology fulltext
spellingShingle firm success
strategic planning
corporate social responsibility
firm culture
stakeholders
Galbreath, Jeremy
A theoretical framework of the drivers of CSR: The role of strategic planning and firm culture
title A theoretical framework of the drivers of CSR: The role of strategic planning and firm culture
title_full A theoretical framework of the drivers of CSR: The role of strategic planning and firm culture
title_fullStr A theoretical framework of the drivers of CSR: The role of strategic planning and firm culture
title_full_unstemmed A theoretical framework of the drivers of CSR: The role of strategic planning and firm culture
title_short A theoretical framework of the drivers of CSR: The role of strategic planning and firm culture
title_sort theoretical framework of the drivers of csr: the role of strategic planning and firm culture
topic firm success
strategic planning
corporate social responsibility
firm culture
stakeholders
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27089