Worldwide and specifically in the economic developed countries the role of business has changed over the last few decades from classical ‘profit maximizing’ approach to a social responsibly approach. Organizations, not only; have responsibility to their shareholders, but also they have responsibility to all their stakeholders in a broader inclusive sense.According to Carroll (1999) the social responsibility of business embraces the Economic, Legal, Ethical and Discretionary expectation. Economic responsibility of business means that society expects business produce goods and service to answer society needs. Werther and Chandler (2011) mentioned that, one cannot look at CSR without considering the context which includes the level of development in an organization’s operational location.CSR has been conventionally perceived as a phenomenon reserved for developed countries. In the other word, in developed countries with better resources and organizations will demand or have higher expectations from CSR. However, in developing countries, there is no significant focus on the CSR initiatives rather on economic growth, hence relegating CSR to be lower significance to the MNCs and the society at large (Hurst, 2004, cited by Pimpa, 2011). Supporting this Hohnen (2007) saying that there are differences in the way CSR is implemented and promoted. Depending on the context of the operational location the success of CSR on an organizational level and the entire economy, are interrelated with situational factors such as; economic, social, institutional and cultural conditions of context.It means that, the differences in implementation of CSR strategy within countries are dependent on context. The purpose of this paper is to find the role of economic development as one of the factors that have an effect on implementation of CSR. To answer our questions about this problem we have looked to CSR activities by two multinational companies in two different locations developed and developing (Canada and Nigeria) in order to understand the effect of economic development on CSR implementation. Using HDI as a scale of measurement, we categories the scale of economic development of countries where Nigeria is quite lower than Canada. Through evaluating and interpreting companies CSR activities in both countries. We conclude that the bottom up line of approach - the level of economic development defines the level and types of community needs which has a significant role to play in shaping implementation in organizations CSR strategy.

Master's Thesis concentrates on Corporate Social Responsibility and ways of implementation this concept according to selected standards. The objective is to propose specific ways of implementation of the CSR to selected company in furniture industry. The sub-objectives are to conduct a thorough analysis and assessment of current CSR activities and next in making a specific proposal of activities, which can be realized in terms of CSR concept. This thesis has been divided into two main parts practical and theoretical. Theoretical part has been based on basis of the summary information from the technical literature data. Practical part was based on interviews and personal meetings with a variety of emloyees from selected company. Final evaluation and proposals have been drawn up by comparison of theoretical knowledge and gathered information.

<p>Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a global trend in different countries with diverse policy, culture, and CSR perspective and development level. Thus, we want to analysis CSR in different business environments and find out the gap they have. That is the original idea of our research.</p><p>This research mainly locates in Sweden and China, by comparing the temporal CSR development in a Swedish and a Chinese company—Sandvik and State Grid Corporation of China, the former as the advanced pioneer, and the latter as the dynamic learner, to gain an insight of the adaptability and feasibility of CSR in different business environments and countries.</p><p>The thesis is based on case study and interview, and literature review. The method content analysis is applied when processing the data into figures. Besides, the 3C-SR model and Responsible Competitiveness Index (RCI) are adopted as the analysis model.</p><p>The findings show that CSR is adaptable and feasible in whatever countries and business environments. Also, its core value and regulate guidelines are not changed, but the focal point in each stage of implementation will vary. In fact, CSR is not the ultimate goal, it’s a formula for transforming Responsible Competitiveness to a soft competence, lending the company to achieve sustainability. After the study, some recommendations and further study questions are given.</p>

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a global trend in different countries with diverse policy, culture, and CSR perspective and development level. Thus, we want to analysis CSR in different business environments and find out the gap they have. That is the original idea of our research. This research mainly locates in Sweden and China, by comparing the temporal CSR development in a Swedish and a Chinese company—Sandvik and State Grid Corporation of China, the former as the advanced pioneer, and the latter as the dynamic learner, to gain an insight of the adaptability and feasibility of CSR in different business environments and countries. The thesis is based on case study and interview, and literature review. The method content analysis is applied when processing the data into figures. Besides, the 3C-SR model and Responsible Competitiveness Index (RCI) are adopted as the analysis model. The findings show that CSR is adaptable and feasible in whatever countries and business environments. Also, its core value and regulate guidelines are not changed, but the focal point in each stage of implementation will vary. In fact, CSR is not the ultimate goal, it’s a formula for transforming Responsible Competitiveness to a soft competence, lending the company to achieve sustainability. After the study, some recommendations and further study questions are given.

The thesis deals with the Corporate Social Responsibility concept (CSR) in the theoretical part. It describes particular steps within the implementation of the concept. The practical part concentrates on applying the concept in a company; the proposal of various CSR activities has been worked out taking into consideration financial situation of the company.

The object of my diploma thesis "CSR of the company PRVNÍ CHODSKÁ s.r.o." is to analyse current CSR activities of this company and to find out how the public (employees and clients) are aware of these CSR activities. In the theoretical part, I characterised CSR, its basic fields and benefits, CSR assessment methods, CSR implementation and its communication by big companies or organizations such as European Union or IKEA by means of economic literature and specialised internet links. The practical part introduces the company PRVNÍ CHODSKÁ s.r.o. first of all briefly from the point of view of its business branch and then I analyse CSR activities and its communication organised by this company more in details. In this part, there is also a chapter about awards PRVNÍ CHODSKÁ won for its CSR activities and projects. In the end of the practical part, there is an analysis gained with a field research. Namely there are three questionnaires: questionnaire on CSR knowledge of PRVNÍ CHODSKÁ employees, questionnaire on CSR knowledge of PRVNÍ CHODSKÁ clients and last but not least questionnaire on satisfaction of PRVNÍ CHODSKÁ employees.