The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility

Robert Kudłak is an Assistant Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, and a member of the Long Range Planning editorial board. Ralf Barkemeyer is a Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at Kedge Business School in Bordeaux, France, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility (Wiley). Lutz Preuss is a Professor of Strategic Management and Director of the PhD Programme at Kedge Business School in Bordeaux, France. Anna Heikkinen is a Senior Lecturer of Management and Organizations and Academic Director of the Master’s Programme of Responsible Business at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland.

1. Introduction: The need for more research on CSR impacts, 2. What do we know about social and environmental impacts of corporate social responsibility?, 3. The Societal Case for Small Business Social Responsibility: A Review of the Evidence of Societal Impact Types and their Relevance to Stakeholders, 4. Is this the Road Forward for CSR? How Fortune “Change the World” Firms Emphasize Activities over Impact, 5. How does CSR impact the Austrian welfare state? An analysis of opposing CSR discourses and their implications on labour and work-related welfare arrangements, 6. Capturing CSR impact on suppliers through social accounting: a case study of an apparel retailer, 7. Considering the social and economic implications of infrastructure megaprojects: theoretical contributions, practical challenges and managerial implications, 8. Towards a relational understanding of the impact of organizational pro-social activities, 9. The ethical dimension of impact-oriented corporate social responsibility