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Institutional Embeddedness of Corporate Social Responsibility in Korea and Japan

  • Civil Society and NGO
  • 2017, 15(1), pp.211~242
  • Publisher : The Third Sector Institute
  • Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general > Other Social Science in general

Lee, Sang Min 1

1한양대학교

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ABSTRACT

Today corporate social responsibility(CSR) is increasingly emerging as an issue that demands a response both from business and academic communities. In this study, I seek to explain the history of CSR in Korea and Japan. This study aims to understand how CSR is defined in these two countries, both in terms of its conceptualization and the level of analysis. This study utilized a dual CSR perspective in order to explain the nature of CSR in Korea and Japan in terms of institutional embeddedness. Comparative study of institutional arrangements and CSR in Japan and Korea reveals that the form and function of their CSR institutional arrangements may differ in terms of how businesses adopt and respond to them: in Japan, companies have tried to implement strategic CSR as a means of gaining profit, while in Korea, companies remain in a stage of political exchange of CSR for the sake of legitimacy.

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