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Pan-European Approach. A Conceptual Framework for Understanding CSR

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Corporate Ethics and Corporate Governance

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In recent years the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained unprecedented momentum in Europe. Even the sceptical Martin Wolff, Chief Economics Correspondent of the Financial Times commented that “CSR is an idea whose time has come” (Wolff, 2002: 62). CSR is a cluster concept which overlaps with such concepts as business ethics, corporate philanthropy, corporate citizenship, sustainability and environmental responsibility. It is a dynamic and contestable concept that is embedded in each social, political, economic and institutional context.

Published in: Habisch, A./Jonker, J./Wegner, M./Schmidpeter, R. (eds.): CSR across Europe, Berlin (Springer) 2004, pp. 339–360.

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  1. Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto

    Dirk Matten (Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility)

  2. International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham

    Jeremy Moon (Professor and Director)

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    Walther Ch Zimmerli  & Markus Holzinger  & 

  2. Koordination CSR und Nachhaltigkeit, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Postfach 1882, 38436, Wolfsburg

    Klaus Richter

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Matten, D., Moon, J. (2007). Pan-European Approach. A Conceptual Framework for Understanding CSR. In: Zimmerli, W.C., Holzinger, M., Richter, K. (eds) Corporate Ethics and Corporate Governance. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70818-6_15

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