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CSR
The meaning of CSR - A cross-European perspective
Description
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has received substantial attention in Europe in the last decade. An incremental number of initiatives gave it high visibility both in the academia and in the public sphere. However, there is scarce research on the meanings attributed by the European public to CSR, and how these relate to their values, identities and choices as consumers. Moreover, there is a lack of comparative studies that can help to better understand how supra-national regulations contribute to the circulating representations about CSR. This project intends to examine the current social representation of CSR in different countries across Europe. The main goal is to develop a comparative perspective between member-states that have entered the European Union in different accession phases (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Slovenia), and have thus different time-frames of exposure to EU soft laws on CSR. This will also allow to update the knowledge about the social representation of CSR in relation to previous research (Duarte, et al., 2010, Golob, 2011), and analyze whether it has kept stable or changed in the last decade. A second goal is to examine psychosocial factors that can contribute to identify segments of the public that are differently engaged with the CSR principles and practices. Three factors are examined in this project: values, pro-environmental identity and sustainable consumption behaviors. Crossing these variables will allow us to examine if and how are these individual characteristics associated with a specific representation of CSR at the country-level. The project will allow gathering information that contributes for a better understanding of the relationship the European publics establish with companies’ socially responsible principles and practices.
Internal Partners
| Research Centre | Research Group | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRU-Iscte | Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Group | Leader | 2018-11-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| CIS-Iscte | PsyChange: Psychology of societal change | -- | 2018-11-01 | 2020-10-31 |
External Partners
| Institution | Country | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aix-Marseille Université (Aix-Marseille Université ) | France | Partner | 2018-11-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| Universidad de Extremadura (Universidad de Extremadura ) | Spain | Partner | 2018-11-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| Sapienza, University of Rome (Sapienza, University of Rome ) | Italy | Partner | 2018-11-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| Kaunas University of Technology (Kaunas University of Technology ) | Lithuania | Partner | 2018-11-01 | 2020-10-31 |
Project Team
| Name | Affiliation | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrícia Duarte | Professora Auxiliar (DRHCO); Integrated Researcher (BRU-Iscte); | Principal Researcher | 2018-11-01 | 2021-10-30 |
| Carla Mouro | Associate Researcher (CIS-Iscte); | Researcher | 2018-11-01 | 2021-10-30 |
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Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
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2018-11-01
2021-10-30
