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The assessment of corporate social responsibility: approaches analysis

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  • Miriam Jankalová

    (University of Žilina, Slovakia)

  • Radoslav Jankal

    (University of Žilina, Slovakia)

Abstract

The problem of the last period becomes the assessment of individual areas of Corporate Social Responsibility, which is associated with a number of CSR approaches and with their "ability" to measure achieved level in every CSR item. The aim of this study is, based on a comparative analysis, to identify appropriate approach to assessing the achieved level of Corporate Social Responsibility. The study is organized as follows: the theoretical background (studies) of approaches to evaluating the CSR; the findings about primary and secondary data on structure, purpose and application of approaches to evaluating the CSR, the appropriate approach to evaluating the CSR activities of the company in the light of any previous research; conclusions in dealing with the issues and future research opportunities of the study.

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  • Miriam Jankalová & Radoslav Jankal, 2017. "The assessment of corporate social responsibility: approaches analysis," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 4(4), pages 441-459, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:ssi:jouesi:v:4:y:2017:i:4:p:441-459
    DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2017.4.4(4)
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    corporate social responsibility; assessment; business excellence; models; indexes; sustainability; environmental; social; economic; stakeholder; voluntariness;
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    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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