Problem Description: Since there are recognized similarities in the construction industry between relationship building and strategic CSR engaging thus managing and communicating CSR should be evaluated from the industrial network perspective. Close interaction between stakeholders and implemented strategic CSR facilitate to perform successfully and remain competitive when facing challenges in modern construction industry. Peab AB was chosen for the research as one of the leading construction companies in the Nordic region that recently redefined its CSR strategy and now delivering and sharing the vision through entire established network. Purpose of the research: Sustainable development has become part of the business plans for Swedish construction companies. Therefore it is relevant to research implementation of sustainable dynamics in the Peab’s vision by analyzing their strategic CSR process and how it is communicated to their key stakeholders within complex industrial network. Research questions: How is sustainability vision and strategic CSR communicated through Peab’s business relationships within its industrial network? How does the company communicate its CSR strategy within the industrial network? How does the company handle its CSR issues within long-term relationships? Methods: In this thesis qualitative research method with deductive approach has been used. The empirical findings contain primary data such as interviews with the management of the Peab Group, Peab Grundläggning, Swerock and Leimet. The secondary data sources were academical journals, books, Peab website and its corporate policy, annual & sustainability reports. Conclusion: By combining traditional industrial marketing theories together with the modern strategic CSR communication, it has been concluded that the sustainability vision and strategic CSR engaged and communicated to the stakeholders through Peab’s industrial network have process kind of nature.  Even though sustainability vision helps Peab to remain successful and competitive in the long run their performance in the industrial network depends highly on close cooperation with the stakeholders. Close interaction and committed relations with partners is one of the ways of handling sustainability aspects in the construction industry.

This paper explores a small business’s sustainability orientation through a case study, by identifying leadership and organization characteristics of the business that contribute to the sustainability orientation. The studied case is a small hardware store. The case is explored primarily through interviews and supported by in-store observations. It looks into four service areas of the business, and captures the perspective of owner, staff, customers, neighboring businesses as well as a licensee. Led by a notion developed early on in the research and reinforced by case data, business characteristics related to social interactions between the business and its customers are found to be a third dimension in the business’s sustainability orientation in combination with leadership and organization. This study puts forward the importance for small, sustainability-oriented businesses to engage in social interactions, as this is found to have the potential to strengthen the triple bottom line of the business along with leadership and organization.In order to create a deeper understanding of the case we characterize leadership, organization and social interaction impacts on the sustainability orientation of a small business. This contributes to broaden CSR theory in very small businesses and serve as a basis for practitioners. This study aims at particularizing aspects of a small business’s sustainability orientation. While it is not claimed that the results of this case study are broadly generalizable, learnings are transferrable to other like contexts.

Diploma thesis introduces a modern concept of Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR. At the same time it searches for an answer to the question: Is a topic just for the business organisations? Or is there a space for involvement of public sector? Theoretical part defines the concept, proces of implementation and its new trends (Strategic CSR). It also deals with possibilities of public instituitions in world of CSR? The second part analyses (thanks to the questionnare research)the situation of CSR at one of the public instituitions - university, at University of Economics in prague specifically. The main goal was to find out students'insight into CSR issue at University of Economics in Prague and tries to find out the the most relevant topics for students.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain insights into consumer behavior to provide managerial implications on what fashion companies need to do to increase green trust during the transformation process towards sustainable development in order to increase green purchase intention. Two sub-research questions are raised to answer the main research question all- encompassing in the end. The sub-research questions aim at gaining theoretical knowledge about how consumers perceive corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of fashion companies, including if they can detect companies in the transformation process and what creates trust concerning CSR activities, as well as identifying influencing factors of green trust.  Design/methodology/approach – Since this research aims to investigate complex constructs of consumer behavior, it takes an exploratory approach through qualitative research. Focus group discussions are chosen as the central research method. Data analysis is carried out using qualitative content analysis according to Kuckartz (2014) in order to systematically analyze the data material.  Findings – Five sources of green trust have been identified, which are traceability, brand image, material, transparency, and certificates. The factors green confusion, greenwashing, lack of information and lack of knowledge have been observed to cause green distrust among consumers. The results of the study show that consumers’ level of knowledge on the subject of sustainability in the fashion industry varies tremendously. In order to increase green trust and thus increase green purchase intention, educational measures must be taken by both companies and independent institutions. Moreover, companies need to conduct sufficient CSR communications that are easy to access, understand, and trustworthy.  Research limitations – This paper is limited to a time frame of nine weeks, which was given for the completion of the work. In addition, it is limited to the fact that qualitative research does not deliver statistically proven and representative results. For this reason, it is limited to the interpretation barrier, which states that results are at risk to be subjective.  Keywords – transformation process towards sustainable development, sustainable development in the fashion industry, green trust on the consumer side, strategic CSR, organizational change  Paper type – Master thesis

The corporate social responsibility is a voluntary concept of firm's embrace of responsibility for the impact of its activities on the environment and society. The corporate social responsibility is the brand and guarantee that firm runs its activities not only within the law and ethical standards, but goes far beyond the law and moral values. Firm demonstrates its social responsibility through engagement in social issues, substitute for the state in support of underprivileged or disadvantaged groups, but also develop activities which have positive impacts on the environment, advocate and meet ethical business principles, take care of their employees, to distance themselves of corruption and bribery, etc. This thesis deals with the objective introduction of corporate social responsibility concept from its origin to contemporary approaches. The thesis introduces related theories which contributed to corporate social responsibility as well. In addition, this thesis familiarizes with the open question of relationship between corporate social responsibility (performance) and firm's financial performance and presents the important empirical research in this area. Results of analysis, done in this thesis, indicate a slight negative relationship between corporate social responsibility (independent...

在「全球化」的浪潮席捲之下，讓跨國企業的「企業社會責任」議題，成為當今企業管理不容忽視的焦點。 醫藥產業在全球經濟體中扮演的角色，是研發和生產創新的產品，來拯救人類的生命和促進健康。 而身為一個企業組織，也同時擔負有創造利潤的責任。 然而大眾卻經常質疑這些企業過度哄抬產品價格，並認為人人都有權利無限制的獲得醫藥資源。 醫藥企業必須面對強大的壓力以及高度複雜的利害關係人，特別是跨國公司，負擔更是沉重。 就如同其他產業一樣，「企業社會責任」的議題對醫藥企業能否具有競爭力和永續經營而言，也愈來愈重要。 近年來，許多的研究指出「企業社會責任」的策略和競爭優勢有關，而且必須整合至企業的核心事業，才能確保永續的成功。 許多跨國藥廠他們的營業績效表現亮眼，而且在台灣已經耕耘超過十年了，因此，本研究首度嚐試去檢視在台的領先跨國醫藥企業，他們的CSR動機、決策過程和CSR作為表現，以及其經理人對CSR的管理思維。 本研究的目的是希望能學習跨國領先藥廠在台灣的經驗，並鼓勵「策略型CSR」的作為以及企業與社會的「共享價值」。 我們使用「多重個案分析法」，利用問卷、次級資料的分析和深入訪談來研究十家個案公司。 所有的受訪經理人都表示他們是依據企業總部的指導綱領，而自行決定在台灣執行的CSR的活動。 研究結果發現，絕大多數的個案公司，因為在台灣只是一個業務功能的角色，資源和能力都有限，所以多關注在客戶關係的議題上，並多半執行「回應式CSR」而非「策略型CSR」。 此外，我們也發現其CSR策略和企業的屬性、社會責任觀點及領導有關。 這些經理人並承認他們沒有系統性的方法來評估CSR表現和影響。 他們主要追求的是企業的聲譽，而面對的最大挑戰是，如何透過CSR來發展企業競爭優勢。 本研究並舉出幾個成功案例，鼓勵策略型思考以及將社會觀點融入商業策略的核心架構中。 / Under the sweep of globalization, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of multinational corporations (MNCs) has now become a focus that cannot be ignored in business management. The health care industry’s role in the global economy is to research, develop and manufacture innovative products to save people’s lives and improve health. At the same time, as corporations, they have a duty to increase profits. However, the industry is often challenged for its overcharge of the products and there should be unlimited access to medicines. The health care companies face a great pressure and a highly complex stakeholder universe especially for multinational companies. As in many industries, corporate social responsibility becomes increasingly critical to competitive success and sustainability of multinational health care companies. Recent studies point out that CSR strategies are associated with competitive advantages and should integrate CSR into the core business to lead to sustainable success. Many Multinational pharmaceutical companies are doing very good business and have been operating in Taiwan for over 10 years. Therefore, we attempt to gain a better understanding of the factors that influence the CSR involvement of MNCs’ subsidiaries and the aspects of their strategies as well as the managerial insight of the managers dealing with CSR from leading health care companies. The aim of this study is to encourage strategic CSR and shared value of business and society and to learn the experiences from multinational pharmaceutical companies in Taiwan. The analysis is based on a multiple case study that includes surveys coupled with careful review of relevant documents and web sites and in-depth interviews with managers from 10 case companies. All the managers interviewed mentioned that CSR activities are implemented at the local level within the framework of global guidance. The findings indicate that most of the subsidiaries focus on customer relations and are doing 「responsive CSR」 rather than 「strategic CSR」because of their sales-oriented function and limited resources and skills. We also found that their CSR strategies depend on the characters of the companies, CSR views and the leadership. All the managers admitted having no systematic way of measuring the outputs, tangible impacts or functionality of their CSR interventions. The key benefit they want to gain is the company reputation and the major challenge for the managers is to develop competitive advantages through CSR. Success stories are provided to encourage strategic thinking and the integration of social perspective into the core frameworks of value chain and competitive context.

Vikten av strategisk Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) har ökat under de senaste åren då intressenter ställer krav på företag att agera ansvarsfullt gentemot samhället. För att möta dessa krav är en fungerande CSR-strategi en nödvändighet, och för att företag på lång sikt ska kunna få ökat förtroende hos sina intressenter är kommunikationen av CSR-arbetet en angelägenhet. Informationsteknologi (IT) kan ha en stor negativ påverkan på samhället, men IT-företagens produkter och tjänster kan vara avgörande verktyg för att lösa många av dagens och morgondagens samhällsproblem. Det finns en brist inom den tidigare forskningen gällande strategisk CSR inom IT-branschen. Därför ämnar denna studie belysa hur företag inom den svenska IT-branschen uppfattar det ansvar de har för samhället och hur de möter sina intressenters krav. Genom att besvara frågeställningarna (1) Vilka är drivkrafterna till det strategiska arbetet med CSR hos IT-företag i Sverige? och (2) Hur kommunicerar IT-företag i Sverige sitt strategiska CSR-arbete till sina intressenter? ämnar uppsatsen därmed besvara vad det är som driver företagen till att arbeta strategiskt med CSR och hur detta arbete kan bidra till värde för dess primära intressenter. Med hjälp av den nyinstitutionella teorin har drivkrafter till det strategiska CSR-arbetet kunnat belysas och för att undersöka hur IT-företag kommunicerar har denna studie använt Morsing och Schultz, tre CSR-kommunikationsstrategier. Denna uppsats har sin utgångspunkt i strategiskt CSR-arbete ur ett ledningsperspektiv och har utförts genom att intervjua CSR- och hållbarhetschefer samt analysera hållbarhetsrapporter från sju erkända aktörer i den svenska IT-branschen. Resultaten har visat att de största drivkrafterna till företagens strategiska CSR-arbete är legitimitet, anseende och konkurrenskraft. Resultaten har även visat att kommunikationen av det strategiska CSR-arbetet styrs av den målgrupp kommunikationen är ämnad för och att företagen tillämpar kommunikationsstrategin därefter. / The importance of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has increased in recent years as stakeholders demand companies to act responsibly towards the society. In order to meet these demands, a functioning CSR strategy is a necessity, and in order for companies to gain trust from their stakeholders in the long term, communication of the CSR strategy is essential. Information technology (IT) can have a major negative impact on society, but IT companies' products and services can be crucial tools to solve many of today's and tomorrow's societal problems. There is a shortage in previous research on strategic CSR in the IT sector. Therefore, this study aims to shed light on how companies in the Swedish IT sector perceive the responsibility they have for society and how they meet the demands of their stakeholders. By answering the questions (1) What are the drivers of the strategic work with CSR in IT companies in Sweden? and (2) How do IT companies in Sweden communicate their strategic CSR to their stakeholders?, this paper aims to answer what drives the companies to work strategically with CSR and how this work can add value for its primary stakeholders. By applying the neo-institutional theory, driving forces for strategic CSR have been highlighted, and in order to investigate how IT companies communicate their strategic CSR, this study has applied Morsing and Schultz’ three CSR communication strategies. This paper studies strategic CSR from a management perspective by interviewing Sustainability Managers and analysing Sustainability Reports from seven recognized actors within the swedish IT sector. The results have shown that the main drivers of strategic CSR for IT companies are legitimacy, reputation and competitiveness. Additionally, the results have shown that the communication of the strategic CSR is dependent on the stakeholder group the communication is intended for and that the companies apply the communication strategy thereafter.