The Importance of Context in Understanding CSR

Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society 22:131-141 (2011)
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This paper establishes six critical elements – history, political structures, religion, social customs, civil society openness, and level of economic development –needed to understand the context of corporate social responsibility in other countries and other cultures. Labor conditions in China are used as a case study.

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