Corporate Social Responsibility and Family Business: Current Debates and Future Prospects
Corporate Social Responsibility and Family Business: Current Debates and Future Prospects

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims at examining the main perspectives on corporate social responsibility(CSR) in family firms discussed in international literature. The topic of CSR has grown exponentially in the last two decades in both, business practice and as an area of interest among academics and researchers. Most studies focus on multinational corporations, someon small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the smallest number on family business (FB).This study addresses the heterogeneity of family firms engagement with corporate social responsibility (CSR), using a variety of dimensions of this approach and highlighting those most specific for family firms versus non-family business (NFB). The particular emphasis isplaced on the CSR and family firms relation with stakeholders and CSR and family business strategy and performance. Additionally, this paper outlines possible research directions inthe given field.

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