Corporate Social Responsibility

<p>We often cast a question whether unethical behavior (corporate irresponsible activities) undertaken by international firms in developing countries is really entirely unethical or simply unavoidable grease which is necessary to facilitate short-term growth in overseas markets. Both strategic management and international business scholars have long attempted to examine the outcomes of corporate social responsibility (CSR) primarily in the organizational strategic aspect. Due to this they are turning a blind eye to firms' unethical attitude and pretending not to notice that it (i.e. unethical behavior) is happening. In other words we do not yet know enough about CSR from a long-term perspective and its relationship with sustainable growth for the long-term. We should also acknowledge that a firm's unethical management is both a primary cause and a result of poverty in our economy which means that a firm's irresponsible activities (as an antonym of CSR) cannot be justified by any reason. This also represents the importance of research exploring CSR. We believe that this is the time to first synthesize diverse research fragments on CSR second combine it with an additional unique agenda (e.g. human rights win-win partnership official development assistance) particularly in the sustainability domain and then third compile all the theoretical and empirical pieces for organizational sustainability. Thus by inviting submissions from researchers who studies various theoretical perspectives adopts varied empirical approaches and examines at multiple levels of analysis as well as qualitative and quantitative experiments literature reviews and meta-analyses this Special Issue draws a big picture. In this vein we are strongly convinced that papers accepted by this Special Issue significantly contribute to current relevant debates by filling many extant research gaps.</p>