SPOŁECZNA ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚĆ BIZNESU – AKTUALNE TENDENCJE W BADANIACH
BUSINESS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - CURRENT TRENDS IN RESEARCH

Author(s): Marcin Żemigała
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: corporate social responsibility; trends in research; Carroll’s model
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyze the trends in the contemporary world scientific achievements in the field of corporate social responsibility from the perspective of model approaches. The main research question was formulated as follows: what are the trends in contemporary global research on corporate social responsibility from the perspective of model approaches? After the presentation of theoretical approaches such as the Eells’s, Schlusberg’s, Walton’s model, Carroll’s model and its various modifications, or Porter and Kramer’s model, the main thematic areas of research in corporate social responsibility were identified. Seven such areas have been identified: economic, legal, ethical, philanthropic responsibility, strategic dimension as well as orientation to shareholders and stakeholders. Data was taken from the Scopus database, cleaned and analyzed. The dataset consisted of 5,394 records relating to scientific articles from 2010 – 2019 listed in the Scopus database and related to corporate social responsibility. It turned out that the general trend in the dataset was increasing over time. Growth trends can also be seen in particular subject areas. The largest amount of research is on economic responsibility as well as the strategic dimension and stakeholder orientation. The least, however, are those relating to philanthropic responsibility, orientation towards shareholders and legal responsibility. A citation analysis was also performed. It turned out that in the entire dataset, articles with low citation indexes are the most numerous. Frequently cited articles account for a small percentage. A similar tendency was observed in the analyzed areas of responsibility. The issues of Polish contribution to the global academic discussion on corporate social responsibility were also discussed. It turned out that it cannot be considered satisfactory either in terms of the number of articles or in the context of citation indexes.

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