CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership, Sustainability and Society

You can search for information on corporate social responsibility and leadership across Library Search, the databases and the grey literature. See the earlier part of this guide for more information on those search options.

Here are some basic search terms you can use with Library Search to surface some of the discussions.  

(corporate social responsibility) AND (business leader*) 

(responsible leadership) AND (business) 

(corporate social responsibility) AND (financial management) 

(corporate social responsibility) AND (econom*) 

(corporate social responsibility) AND (entrepreneur*) 

(corporate social responsibility) AND (sustainability) 

Library Search Tool - enter your search terms and run the search

Database Searching

Try searching our specialist business databases. You can enter much more focused searches using an online database than is possible with Library Search.  Check out the Search techniques and Databases sections of this guide for more hints and tips on effective searching and for recommended databases.

Example result:

Exploring the relationships between corporate social responsibility, leadership, and sustainable entrepreneurship theories: A conceptual framework. 

See the Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility collection.

Here are some articles relating to CSR in business, management and leadership. See the searching section on this page for information on how to find more material.

• Barrio-Fraile, Estrella; Enrique-Jiménez, Ana-María (2021). The strategic value of corporate social responsibility (CSR): the present and future of its management. El Profesional de la Información. May/Jun2021, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p1-16.
• Yeo Chu May, Amy; Soong Hao, Gan; Carter, Steve (2021). Intertwining Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Green Behavior, and Environmental Sustainability: The Mediation Effect of Organizational Trust and Organizational Identity. Economics, Management & Financial Markets. Vol. 16 Issue 2, p32-61.
• Greiner, Michael; Sun, Jing (2021). How corporate social responsibility can incentivize top managers: A commitment to sustainability as an agency intervention. Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Management. Jul 2021, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p1360-1375.