Literature Review on Corporate Social Responsibility

Abstract

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has aroused increasing interests from academic field and corporations. While pursuing profits, corporations should also fulfill social responsibilities to advance social well-being, which can in turn contribute to the success of business. The purpose of this study is to systematically assort definitions on CSR, sort out dimensions of CSR used in empirical studies, and analyze studies on outcomes of CSR based on foreign and domestic literature. Limitations of existing studies are discussed and future research directions are suggested.