Subject Areas

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

In recent years, CSR has become the corporate approach to the societal guiding model of sustainable development. In the concept of CSR, traditional management practices are confronted with social and environmental stakeholder claims. Businesses tackle CSR with a variety of instruments. First, environmental and quality management systems are still important tools for achieving CSR. Second, sustainability reporting takes into account the increasing sensitivity among consumers and investors regarding sustainable development. Third, the rise of organisational development and business ethics emphasises the normative role of enterprises and the importance of corporate culture. Fourth, the rise of stakeholder management illustrates the changing role of business and the reshaping of business-society relations. In our research at the corporate level we explore all four aspects of CSR. Furthermore, we analyse the changing relations between states and businesses on the one hand and between businesses and civil society on the other.

Selected projects of recent years

Projects (1-15 of 15)
2010 - 2013		IMPACT - Impact Measurement and Performance Analysis of CSR Techniques (Details)
2009 - 2010		The Competitive Advantages of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - A Sector-specific Delphi Research (Details)
2008 - 2009		CSR Zukunftsdialog (Details)
2008 - 2008		Socially Responsible Investing und Corporate Social Responsibility (Details)
2008 - 2010		Responsible Competitiveness - Exploring the links between CSR and competitiveness on a sector basis (Details)
2007 - 2007		The Role of Government in Social Responsibility: summarising a side-event of the 5th Meeting of the ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility (Details)
2007 - 2011		Agrobiodiversity and Stakeholder Management in the Seed Industry (Details)
2006 - 2008		CSR policies in Europe - Analysis of national public policies on CSR, in support of a structured exchange of information on national CSR policies and initiatives (Details)
2006 - 2008		Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Sustainability in Central-Eastern Europe in comparison with Western Europe (Details)
2006 - 2007		Market chance Corporate Social Responsibility (Details)
2005 - 2005		Development of CSR teaching material (Details)
2004 - 2004		Corporate Sustainability Reports (Details)
2003 - 2003		CSR-Austria-Concept - process management and scientific editing (Details)
2002 - 2003		STARSUST - Stakeholder Relations Management for Sustainable Development (CSR and Stakeholder) (Details)
1999 - 2003		www.umweltmanagement.at - Austrias Information-Network for Eco-Management (Details)