Mapping corporate social responsibility of chemical industries in Malaysia towards sustainable development: A conceptual framework

N Syazwani, Hassan and Lee, Khai Ern * and Mazlin, Mokhtar * and Choo, Ta Goh (2018) Mapping corporate social responsibility of chemical industries in Malaysia towards sustainable development: A conceptual framework. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 16 (2). pp. 215-220. ISSN 1459-0263

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Abstract

With the rapid industrialization, chemical industries have emerged as one of the major contributors to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Malaysia. To ensure Sustainable Development (SD) for the country, the government requires all the public-listed companies including chemical industries to disclose their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities to the public. However, both CSR and SD concepts are accused of being contradicting and often vaguely used by the industries. The present paper aims to map the relationship between CSR and SD concepts using grounded theory methodology. There were 626 chemical companies recorded in Malaysia, only 208 of them have disclosed their CSR reports and a total of 61 aspects were reported. The links between levels of CSR and dimensions of SD were determined based on the empirical analysis of 208 chemical companies’ CSR reports. A conceptual framework was developed to map the links between CSR levels and SD dimensions in the context of chemical industries in Malaysia.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: corporate social responsibility; economy; environment; social; sustainable development
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: Sunway University > University Centres [formerly School of Interdisciplinary Studies until 2023] > Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development moved to Sunway Business School wef October 2023
Others > Non Sunway Academics
Depositing User: Dr Janaki Sinnasamy
Date Deposited: 07 Dec 2018 07:39
Last Modified: 07 Dec 2018 07:39
URI: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/id/eprint/950

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