- Title
- Chinese indigenous values and corporate social responsibility: an exploratory study into the adoption of CSR principles in China
- Creator
- Cheung, Jackie H. F.
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Professional Doctorate - Doctor of Business and Administration (DBA)
- Description
- The research explores the insights from Chinese business people whether they are developing their CSR principles drawing on indigenous Chinese principles and concepts such as Confucianism and guanxi. Accordingly, this research aims to answer the following research question: What are the underpinning values held by Chinese business people that shape their perceptions and practice of CSR? So far there has been a paucity of empirical research into Chinese perceptions of CSR and the values that underpin such perceptions. Additionally, there is a paucity of individualfocused research on the effects of the exposure of Chinese business people to Western CSR principles, and how such exposure might impact on their personal indigenous values. This research applies Carroll’s CSR Framework which is suggested as a suitable device to guide the examination of CSR principles and practices in different culture landscapes. The research has been undertaken by means of the interpretivist exploratory approach (indepth and semi-structured field interviews), drawing on insights from 150 participants through the use of focus groups and an online survey, who are all the Chinese business people working in the regions of China. This research finds that the CSR perceptions of the respondents are strongly influenced by traditional Chinese values. However, this research also finds that the influence of Western values and capitalism over the past three decades affect Chinese people to perceive economic benefit as a strong factor affecting their attitudes towards CSR adoption. This research suggests that government bodies with considerable power in China could work effectively with educators and firms to develop and adopt CSR policies and practices, drawing on traditional Chinese values.
- Subject
- CSR; Chinese indigenous values; Chinese culture; Confucianism; Chinese management
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1312903
- Identifier
- uon:22481
- Rights
- Copyright 2016 Jackie H. F. Cheung
- Language
- eng
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