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Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Aguinis, H., Villamor, I., & Gabriel, K. P. (2020). Understanding employee responses to COVID-19: a behavioral corporate social responsibility perspective. Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management.
This article aims to provide a behavioral corporate social responsibility perspective on employee responses to COVID-19. The authors begin by discussing the concept of behavioral corporate social responsibility and how it can be used to understand employee responses to COVID-19. They then present a model of employee responses to COVID-19, including organizational support, individual differences, and social context. The authors argue that organizational support is essential in determining employee responses to COVID-19. They also discuss how individual differences and social context can moderate the relationship between organizational support and employee responses to COVID-19. Finally, the authors provide recommendations for how organizations can use the model to create a more supportive environment for employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors make a convincing argument for the importance of organizational support in employee responses to COVID-19. Their model provides a helpful framework for understanding how individual differences and social context can moderate the relationship between organizational support and employee responses to COVID-19.
Ertem-Eray, T. (2020). Addressing corporate social responsibility in corporations: a content analysis of Amazon's and Walmart's websites. Corporate Communications: An International Journal.
The article examines the content of Amazon and Walmart's websites to explore how the two companies address corporate social responsibility (CSR). The author uses content analysis to analyze the CSR information on the companies' websites. The study results reveal that Amazon provides more detailed information about its CSR initiatives than Walmart. The author concludes that Amazon is more transparent than Walmart regarding its CSR practices. The article is well-written, and the author makes a clear argument about the transparency of Amazon and Walmart's CSR practices. The study is based on a content analysis of the company's websites, which is a valid research method. The author provides a detailed analysis of the results, strengthening the argument. The article is relevant to my research because it provides insight into how two major companies address CSR. The article is also helpful because it uses content analysis to examine the companies' websites, a method I am considering using in my own research.
Fombrun, C. J., Gardberg, N. A., & Barnett, M. L. (2018). Opportunity platforms and safety nets: Corporate citizenship and reputational risk. In Limits to Stakeholder Influence: Why the Business Case Won't Save the World (pp. 12-33). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..
The authors of the aforementioned study, Fombrun et al., explain the concept of "reputational risk," which refers to the danger that a company's reputation may suffer if the organization is perceived as not a model citizen of the business world. In other words, reputational risk is the risk that amazon company's reputation will suffer if it is perceived as not a model business citizen. The authors suggest that in order for companies to lessen the impact of this risk, they should get more involved in CSR activities.
Ford, B. R., & Stohl, C. (2019). Does CSR Matter? A longitudinal analysis of product reviews for CSR-associated brands. Journal of Brand Management, 26(1), 60-70.
In recent years, the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained increasing prominence in the business world. A growing body of research has examined the effects of CSR on various outcomes, including consumer behavior, firm performance, and social welfare. However, little research has examined how CSR affects consumer perceptions of brands. The present study sought to fill this gap by examining how CSR affects consumer perceptions of brands as reflected in online product reviews. The authors used a novel dataset of over 1.5 million product reviews from Amazon.com to examine how CSR-associated brands fared in terms of consumer perceptions over time. The study's results showed that CSR-associated brands received higher ratings from consumers than non-CSR-associated brands.
Furthermore, the authors found that the positive effect of CSR on consumer perceptions was strongest in the earliest years of the study period (2006-2008) and that this effect declined over time. The authors suggest that this may be due to increasing consumer awareness of and skepticism toward CSR claims made by brands. Overall, this study provides valuable insights into how CSR affects consumer perceptions of brands. The findings suggest that CSR can positively impact consumer perceptions, but this effect may decline over time as consumers become more aware of and skeptical of CSR claims.
Lu, J., Ren, L., Zhang, C., Rong, D., Ahmed, R. R., & Streimikis, J. (2020). Modified Carroll’s pyramid of corporate social responsibility to enhance organizational performance of SMEs industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 271, 122456.
In this article, the authors present the "pyramid of corporate social responsibility," a strategy for gathering information about an organization's many diverse stakeholders and efficiently managing them. The pyramid can be broken down into its constituent parts, which are as follows: the economic, the legal, the ethical, and the philanthropic. The authors maintain that corporations are obligated to all of their stakeholders, not only their shareholders and that this duty should not be treated flippantly in any way.
Yu, W., Hassan, A., & Adhikariparajuli, M. (2022). How Did Amazon Achieve CSR and Some Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—Climate Change, Circular Economy, Water Resources and Employee Rights during COVID-19?. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15(8), 364.
This research aims to investigate how Amazon has managed to keep its corporate social responsibility procedures and its aims for sustainable development intact despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors conclude that Amazon has, for the most part, been effective in reaching its goals due to the company's emphasis on employee rights, water resources, circular economies, and climate change. However, the writers also warn that Amazon's success is not guaranteed in the long term and that the corporation will need to continue investing in these areas in order to keep its lead. This is a caution that the authors offer in their conclusion.