Recent corporate social initiatives (CSIs) have garnered criticisms from a wide range of
audiences due to perceived inconsistencies. Some critics use the label “woke” when CSIs …

Executive Overview Despite differences of opinion about the efficacy of corporate social
responsibility, there is a general consensus among academics, policy makers, and …

In this conceptual article, we argue that defining corporate social responsibility (CSR) and
corporate social irresponsibility (CSI) as opposite constructs produces a lack of clarity …

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained unprecedented prominence in academic
and business spheres alike (Kotler and Lee 2005; McWilliams et al. 2006); more than ever …

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a tortured concept. We review the current state of
the art across a number of academic disciplines, from accounting to management to …

Recently, several articles have asserted that corporate social responsibility programs have
gone too far and need to be reigned in. These critics have charged that corporate social …

In the January 2020 Academy of Management Review, associate editors Wang, Gibson, and
Zander (hereafter WGZ) posed this question:“Is research on corporate social responsibility …

Corporate social responsibility, once seen as peripheral to companies' main businesses,
has been becoming standard practice, with an increasing number of businesses engaging …

This introduction to the special issue aims to contextualize and critically comment on the
current trajectory of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in both scholarly inquiry and …

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) isn'ta piece of cake. It is fraught with contradictions,
subject to political challenges and demands deep commitment. So let's stop sugarcoating it …