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dc.contributor.authorDitlev-Simonsen, Caroline D.
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-03T13:16:28Z
dc.date.available2012-01-03T13:16:28Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.issn1747-1117
dc.identifier.otherhttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1747-1117&volume=6&issue=3&articleid=1876098&show=abstract
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/93448
dc.descriptionThis is the author's final, refereed version of the article, before publishing in the journal. The full text of the published article is available in the Emerald subscription database, www.emeraldinsight.comno_NO
dc.description.abstractPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is interpreted, introduced and applied in corporations from the point of view of the person in charge of this process, the translator. Design/methodology/approach: A case study approach is applied. Semi-structured interviews with those responsible for CSR introduction in three different companies are conducted, based on the Knowledge Transfer and Translation theory (KTT). The content of CSR reports issued by the three companies is also reviewed to describe the CSR introduction process. Findings: The findings suggest that the translator’s understanding of the term CSR, as well as his or her position and motivation, impacts the outcome of CSR introduction. Furthermore, the findings reveal that introducing the term CSR into the corporate vocabulary does not necessarily reflect changes in corporate activities. Research limitations/implications: The cases were selected to reflect differing corporate settings. However, for the purposes of generalization, the findings should be tested on other companies and in other countries. Practical implications: The study and findings are useful for self-evaluation and benchmarking by other corporations. Social implications The study confirms that the growth in volume and scope of CSR reports does not necessarily reflect the same increase in CSR activities. In these cases, the main effect of CSR introduction reflects increased openness about already ongoing environmental and social activities. Originality/value: Whereas most attention so far has been given to how institutional pressure leads to CSR activities, this paper reveals the importance of the individual translator’s interpretation of institutional CSR pressure and how this subsequently becomes the corporate CSR approach.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherEmerald / Social Responsibility Research Networkno_NO
dc.subjectCorporate Social Responsibilityno_NO
dc.subjectCSRno_NO
dc.subjectKnowledge Transfer as Translationno_NO
dc.subjectKTTno_NO
dc.subjectreportingno_NO
dc.subjectmanagementno_NO
dc.subjectinstitutional theoryno_NO
dc.titleFrom corporate social responsibility awareness to action?no_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.source.pagenumber452-468no_NO
dc.source.volume6no_NO
dc.source.journalSocial Responsibility Journalno_NO
dc.source.issue3no_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/17471111011064807


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