We analyze the sourcing decision of a buyer choosing between two supplier types: responsible suppliers are costly but adhere to strict social and environmental responsibility standards, while risky suppliers are less expensive but may experience responsibility violations. A segment of the consumer population, called socially conscious, is willing to pay a higher price for a product sourced from...

Social responsibility provides a framework for ethical monitoring on the business enterprises activities whereby business enterprises must responsible to society and environment. This study based on financial variables and using the data envelopment analysis technique, ranks automotive companies in terms of social responsibility. Data and theoretical frameworks of the research are based on libr...

This paper intends to examine the role of CSR communication on social media in building consumer company identification (C–C identification) and electronic word mouth (EWOM) Indian banking context. Specifically, this study addresses following three research questions: First, how does perceived orientation public sector banks (CPBCSRSM) help spreading positive EWOM C–C identification? Second, wh...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), such as pro-environmental behaviour and fair trade, is a kind of normative behaviour by private companies to provide a quasi-public good. We study dissemination mechanism of CSR with a multi-agent model in which corporation agents and consumer agents interact with each other. We show that the mechanism to disseminate CSR is a positive feedback between the ...

A new class of patient-driven health care services is emerging to supplement and extend traditional health care delivery models and empower patient self-care. Patient-driven health care can be characterized as having an increased level of information flow, transparency, customization, collaboration and patient choice and responsibility-taking, as well as quantitative, predictive and preventive ...

The objective of this study is to investigate the determinants of consumer corporate social responsibility image (CSR image). Specifically, we examined the interaction of valence and type of CSR initiatives on CSR images. A 2×3 between-subject experiment study confirms the interaction effect. The results indicate, for altruistic type of CSR, valence has a quadratic form of influence on CSR imag...

Social responsibility of pastoralists is one of the most important elements and an integral part of rangelands exploitation. It not only leads to better rangeland health, but also enhances exploiters’ satisfaction for continuous sustainable utilization of rangelands. The present study investigated the role of social responsibility in rangelands condition in nomadic areas of Gonbad County in Gol...

south pars assaluyeh region is one of the most heavily trafficked industrial regions in the mideast. profoundly affecting the lives of local people, specifically women. the important issue that must be taken into consideration is the corporate social responsibility which, due to the presence of large petrochemical complex companies, could have a positive impact on the lives of people, especiall...

By constructing a mixed oligopoly competition model in an open economy, the internal relationship between tariff policy changes, domestic corporate social responsibility and technological innovation is deeply revealed. The theoretical deduction shows that rate has negative correlation with preference of consumer-friendly enterprises, reducing can improve enterprises; Higher rates will reduce co...