csr – critical conceptional review (high definitions and beyond)

“The holy grail of CSR—“doing well by doing good”—is an illusory goal that is noble in spirit but unachievable in practice.“ (Devinney 2009, 45)

“Discourses of corporate citizenship, social responsibility and sustainability are defined by narrow business interests and serve to curtail interests of external stakeholders.” (Banerjee 2008, 51)

„Soweit der Diskurs [.. zum CSR-Konzept ..] … im appellativen Modus verharrt, überschätzt er … die Einsichtsfähigkeit notorisch „untersozialisierter“ korporativer Akteure.“ (Gröneweg/Matiaske 2012)