Values and the Social Responsibility of Global Business

ABSTRACT

Business is widely viewed as one of the major institutions in society. It has assumed a socially responsible role for itself that has given rise to two competing paradigms, social philanthropy and corporate citizenship. Business, however, has not fulfilled its social responsibility particularly well. One reason is that business does not seem to have understood the interplay between individual-level, culture-level and corporate-level values nor the implications of national differences in culture-level value priorities. Some recent developments in cross-cultural psychology offer a useful paradigm for understanding this interplay and resolving any conflicts which result from the attempts of global business to implement socially responsible policies.     

大股东控制与现金持有价值关系的经验研究

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The Vortex of Rights: ‘Right to the City’ at a Crossroads

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Bayesian and Frequentist Inference for Ecological Inference: The R×C Case

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滦州影戏口述剧本《无底洞》解读

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货币时间价值与时间货币价值概念辨析

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西安市城市形象感应分析

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论长株潭“两型”社会建设视野下生态道德意识的培养

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信息化进程中城市用地发展与土地增值问题

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