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An Employee-Centered Model of Corporate Social Performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Harry J. Van Buren III
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Although the concept of corporate social performance (CSP) has become more clearly specified in recent years, an analysis of CSP from the perspective of one particular stakeholder group has been largely ignored in this research: employees. It is proposed that employees merit specific attention with regard to assessments of corporate social performance. In this paper, a model for evaluating and measuring CSP at the employee level is proposed, and implications for evaluating contemporary employment policies and practices are offered. An iterative process for systematically including normative content in the CSP model across stakeholder groups is also offered.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , October 2005 , pp. 687 - 709
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2005

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