Insight into Corporate Social Responsibility practices of Czech companies

KAŠPAROVÁ, Klára and Radoslav ŠKAPA. Insight into Corporate Social Responsibility practices of Czech companies. Journal of Global Strategic Management. Istanbul: Int. Strateg. Manag. and Managers Assoc., 2008, vol. 2, No 3, p. 47-57. ISSN 1307-6205.

Basic information

• Original name: Insight into Corporate Social Responsibility practices of Czech companies
• Name in Czech: Vhled do postupů českých podniků v oblasti společenské odpovědnosti firem
• Authors: KAŠPAROVÁ, Klára (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Radoslav ŠKAPA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal of Global Strategic Management, Istanbul, Int. Strateg. Manag. and Managers Assoc. 2008, 1307-6205.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50200 5.2 Economics and Business
• Country of publisher: Turkey
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14560/08:00034105
• Organization unit: Faculty of Economics and Administration
• Keywords in English: corporate social responsibility; reporting; content analysis; annual reports
• Tags: annual reports, content analysis, Corporate Social Responsibility, reporting
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Growing power of interest groups (stakeholders) together with legislation forces companies to have bigger social responsibility for their activities. The extent of such activities in Czech companies is unknown, as the representative poll on this topic has not been done so far. Therefore we cannot describe the situation in the Czech Republic in exact data. In our paper, we try to explore activities regarding Corporate Social Responsibility reporting in Czech firms. We conducted content analysis of annual reports of companies to find out if and to what extent do the annual reports of Czech companies include information about CSR activities. Besides this explorative research aim, we have also tested three main hypotheses concerning linkages between CSR reporting and (1) ownership of companies, (2) economical conditions and (3) size of companies.

Abstract (in Czech)

Rostoucí síla zájmových skupin (stakeholderů) spolu s legislativou nutí podniky chovat se více společensky zodpovědně. Bohužel v České republice není možné přesně popsat rozsah aktivit podniků v oblasti společenské odpovědnosti, jelikož se jejich rozsahem žádný výzkum zatím nezabýval. V našem příspěvku se zaměřujeme na reportování v této oblasti. Provedli jsme obsahovou analýzu výročních zpráv, abychom zjistili zda a do jaké míry v nich české podniky podniky informují o CSR aktivitách. Testovali jsme tři hlavní hypotézy zabývající se vztahem mezi reportováním o CSR a (1) vlastnictvím podniků, (2)ekonomickými ukazateli a (3) velikostí podniků.