TY - JOUR
T1 - Attitudes toward corporate responsibilities in western Europe and in Central and East Europe
AU - Molteni, Mario Marco
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This study investigated the attitudes toward social, economic, and environmental corporate
responsibilities of 3064 current managers and business students in 8 European countries.
0 Participants in Western European countries had significantly different perspectives on the
importance of these corporate responsibilities (CR) than those in Central and East European
countries. Within each country, environmental CR is perceived as most important in both
CE and Western European countries. Across countries, Western European respondents accord more importance to social CR and less importance to economic CR. CE countries
are not homogenous, e.g., CR attitudes in the Czech Republic are closer to that of Western
Europeans, possibly triggered by the accession to EU.
0 Work experience (managers vs. business students) influences social and environmental orientations
more than the economic orientation for only some countries. Generational differences
were found as well: Business students attribute more importance to environmental CR and
less importance to social CR than managers.
AB - This study investigated the attitudes toward social, economic, and environmental corporate
responsibilities of 3064 current managers and business students in 8 European countries.
0 Participants in Western European countries had significantly different perspectives on the
importance of these corporate responsibilities (CR) than those in Central and East European
countries. Within each country, environmental CR is perceived as most important in both
CE and Western European countries. Across countries, Western European respondents accord more importance to social CR and less importance to economic CR. CE countries
are not homogenous, e.g., CR attitudes in the Czech Republic are closer to that of Western
Europeans, possibly triggered by the accession to EU.
0 Work experience (managers vs. business students) influences social and environmental orientations
more than the economic orientation for only some countries. Generational differences
were found as well: Business students attribute more importance to environmental CR and
less importance to social CR than managers.
KW - Attitudes
KW - CSR
KW - Corporate responsibility
KW - Corporate social responsibility
KW - Manager
KW - responsabilità sociale d'impresa
KW - Attitudes
KW - CSR
KW - Corporate responsibility
KW - Corporate social responsibility
KW - Manager
KW - responsabilità sociale d'impresa
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/11892
U2 - 10.1007/s11575-010-0034-3
DO - 10.1007/s11575-010-0034-3
M3 - Article
VL - 2010
SP - 379
EP - 398
JO - Management International Review
JF - Management International Review
ER -