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Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the social responsibility performance’s current situation, influencing factors and mechanisms of multinational companies (MNCs) in China. The paper is based on the MNC’s social responsibility performance factors to find some relevant reasons for unsatisfied performance and on the multiple perspectives such as institutional distance and stakeholders, to provide feasible solutions for MNCs to assume civic responsibility and the high-quality development of the host country.
Design/methodology/approach
The study uses general literature review and empirical analysis to analyze the way and degree of various factors which are affecting the social responsibility of MNC in China, and supplements the deficiencies of previous studies.
Findings
The paper reveals the influencing factors and mechanisms of MNCs’ social responsibility in China through the regression results. In addition, based on Research Report on Corporate Social Responsibility of China (Huang et al., 2013/2019), the paper also summarizes the performance and dynamic changes of MNCs social responsibility in the Chinese market in the past decade.
Originality/value
The paper enriches research on the social responsibility of MNCs in the background of non-western countries, dynamically describes the performance of MNCs’ responsibilities in a 10-year span and solves the problem of inconsistent research conclusions caused by too long time span. The paper also creates the “local enterprise responsibility level” to quantify the development of the host country’s responsibility, and identifies the “responsibility demonstration effect” of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises.
目的探讨在华跨国公司社会责任绩效的现状、影响因素及机制。本文从跨国公司社会责任绩效因素出发,寻找绩效不满意的相关原因,并从制度距离、利益相关者等多个角度出发,为跨国公司承担公民责任和所在国的高质量发展提供可行的解决方案。设计/方法/途径本研究采用文献综述和实证分析相结合的方法,分析影响在华跨国公司社会责任的各种因素的方式和程度,补充前人研究的不足。结果通过回归结果揭示了跨国公司在华社会责任的影响因素和机制。此外,本文还以《中国企业社会责任研究报告》(Huang et al., 2013/2019)为基础,总结了近十年来跨国公司在中国市场的社会责任表现和动态变化。本文丰富了非西方国家背景下的跨国公司社会责任研究,动态描述了跨国公司在10年跨度内的责任表现,解决了时间跨度太大导致研究结论不一致的问题。本文还创建了“地方企业责任水平”来量化东道国责任的发展,并识别了国有企业和民营企业的“责任示范效应”。
期刊介绍:
The Social Responsibility Journal, the official journal of the Social Responsibility Research Network, is interdisciplinary in its scope and encourages submissions from any discipline or any part of the world which addresses any element of the journal''s aims. The journal encompasses the full range of theoretical, methodological and substantive debates in the area of social responsibility. Contributions which address the link between different disciplines and / or implications for societal, organisational or individual behavior are especially encouraged. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical papers, speculative essays and review articles. The journal also publishes special themed issues under the guidance of a guest editor. Coverage: Accountability and accounting- Issues concerning sustainability- Economy and finance- Governance- Stakeholder interactions- Ecology and environment- Corporate activity and behaviour- Ethics and morality- Governmental and trans-governmental regulation- Globalisation and disintermediation- Individuals and corporate citizenship- Transparency and disclosure- Consumption and its consequences- Corporate and other forms of organization