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2. Corporate Social Responsibility Awareness and Practices of Japanese Corporations

verfasst von : Megumi Suto, Hitoshi Takehara

Erschienen in: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Finance in Japan

Verlag: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

As addressed in Chap. 1, this book aims to investigate how Japanese companies’ awareness of social responsibility aligns with actual responsible practices in business and finance since the 2000s, when the financial system shifted from bank centered to more market oriented. Before presenting empirical analyses to explore the related issues, it is necessary to provide our theoretical approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and to sketch the context of CSR awareness and practices of Japanese companies.

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Titel: Corporate Social Responsibility Awareness and Practices of Japanese Corporations
verfasst von: Megumi Suto
Hitoshi Takehara
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Buch: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Finance in Japan
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-8985-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-8986-2

Copyright-Jahr: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8986-2_2