Corporate social responsibility in the transition economy of Romania
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- Thesis
- Issue Date:
- 2013
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The purpose of this research is to identify the sense making of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by managers of Romanian organisations in the textile industry. The research examines how managers’ sense making affects the adoption of CSR processes compared to those suggested in the CSR literature. The thesis looks at how Romanian managers and consequently their companies interpret the business environment in which they operate and how the managers’ personal capacity to make sense of CSR, without recourse to a realistic and rational appreciation of CSR concepts in the literature, results in a particularly distinctive approach to implementation. Elements of CSR theories are selectively applied by Romanian managers. These are identified and are related to the process of CSR adoption. The research’s main contribution is an explication of the various factors that limit managers’ sense making which in turn affects the process of CSR adoption in a country with an economy in transition.
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