TY - JOUR
T1 - Business–society interface
T2 - An exploration of a paradigmatic heuristic model of corporate social responsibility in Colombia
AU - Villa-Castaño, Lida Esperanza
AU - Perdomo-Ortiz, Jesús
AU - Dueñas-Ocampo, Sebastian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - This study explores how corporate social responsibility (CSR) managers in large companies conceive the business–society interface using a CSR paradigm heuristic model. The research applies a critical management studies perspective, adopting a qualitative approach. We analyze the speeches of 25 CSR managers from large companies representing four economic sectors of an emerging economy. The paradigmatic heuristic model proposes four perspectives regarding CSR, which include functionalist, constructivist, culturalist, and socio-political paradigms. We validate the proposed heuristic model, revealing the existence of transition zones and overlapping CSR management discourses. We found that there is no single or paradigmatic discourse of CSR among the four economic sectors analyzed. In Colombia, an emerging country, new CSR approaches and discourses are uncovered that can contribute to future contextualized and contingent research in regions with complex business–society interfaces.
AB - This study explores how corporate social responsibility (CSR) managers in large companies conceive the business–society interface using a CSR paradigm heuristic model. The research applies a critical management studies perspective, adopting a qualitative approach. We analyze the speeches of 25 CSR managers from large companies representing four economic sectors of an emerging economy. The paradigmatic heuristic model proposes four perspectives regarding CSR, which include functionalist, constructivist, culturalist, and socio-political paradigms. We validate the proposed heuristic model, revealing the existence of transition zones and overlapping CSR management discourses. We found that there is no single or paradigmatic discourse of CSR among the four economic sectors analyzed. In Colombia, an emerging country, new CSR approaches and discourses are uncovered that can contribute to future contextualized and contingent research in regions with complex business–society interfaces.
KW - CSR paradigms
KW - Colombia
KW - business–society interface
KW - corporate social responsibility
KW - heuristics model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85163084997&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/csr.2547
DO - 10.1002/csr.2547
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85163084997
SN - 1535-3958
VL - 30
SP - 3203
EP - 3221
JO - Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
JF - Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
IS - 6
ER -