Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Implementation: A Global Overview

Abstract

Purpose: To establish corporate social responsibility strategy implementation globally.Methodology: This paper employed literature study, which is descriptive in nature as based on a review of existing literature within (journals, conference reports and websites) in regard to corporate social responsibility among various countries of the world. The researcher surveyed randomly existing research on corporate social responsibility strategy implementation in fifteen (15) countries within five (5) continents of the world with the sole objective to establish corporate social responsibility strategy implementation globally.Findings: In the global business set up today, clients are more informed about their rights and obligations. Corporate social responsibility strategy has greatly contributed to the success of various corporate institutions including financial institutions in the western world. Corporate social responsibility strategy is considered as an important instrument that pushes the competitive advantages, the creativity and innovation, improves business reputation to the society with the employees, furniture, state institutions and non governmental organization.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Socially responsible companies can provide a better environment, a better quality of life and a more desirable community, corporate social reponsibility results in less government regulation while social reponsibility benefits long term stock prices as the market deems socially reponsible firms less risk.