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Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century: A View from the World's Most Successful Firms

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This investigation is motivated by the lack of scholarship examining the content of what firms are communicating to various stakeholders about their commitment to socially responsible behaviors. To address this query, a qualitative study of the legal, ethical and moral statements available on the websites of Forbes Magazine's top 50 U.S. and top 50 multinational firms of non-U.S. origin were analyzed within the context of stakeholder theory. The results are presented thematically, and the close provides implications for social responsibility among managers of global organizations as well as researchers interested in business ethics.

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Snider, J., Hill, R.P. & Martin, D. Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century: A View from the World's Most Successful Firms. Journal of Business Ethics 48, 175–187 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BUSI.0000004606.29523.db

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