Identifying the Components and Indicators of Corporate Social Responsibility in Iran
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Abstract: (16813 Views) |
Nowadays, with development and
growth of various industries and business units, the consequences and effects
of their activities on the society and lack of social reporting, creates a gap
between economic entities and the society expectations. The current paper
explaines the literature related to co rporate social responsibility and its
position in business units, and then conceptualizes its social dimension in
corporations and identifies the components and indicators of corporate social
responsibility disclosures with sustainable development approach and using
questionnaire and analyzing the path model in a comprehensive framework (with
regarding popular international and local standards). Also, its status and
disclosure level of social dimension in corporations has been determined
through content analysis of board reports of Iran’s listed companies. The
findings indicate that the most important components of social dimensions in
the view of stakeholders are “business ethics, corruption and bribery, association
in community development”. Also, the most social disclosure about the current
status of companies’ reports is “components of work and staffs, customers and
consumers”. In sum, level of social dimension disclosure in Iranian companies
is low that demonstrate the large gap between the current status and the
society expectations. It requires the suitable regulations, obligations and
standards in the field of the companies reporting and disclosure to force those
to accountable for the stakeholders and the society’s expectations.
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Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, Components and Indicators of Social dimension, disclosure level, Iranian Companies. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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General Received: 2013/01/4 | Accepted: 2013/06/2 | Published: 2013/08/21
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