Seven or Fewer Core Contents of Social Responsibility?

Mira Zore; Majda  Bastič; Matjaž Mulej

Mira Zore
Majda Bastič
Matjaž Mulej

Keywords: CSR, customers, employees, leadership, Slovenia, ISO 26000

Abstract

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) replaces causes of the current crisis by principles of accountability, transparency, ethics, and respect for organizational stakeholders, the law, international standards, and human rights (International Organization for Standardization, 2010). Interdependence and a holistic approach link them and CSR’s core contents. We examined if Slovene companies involve all seven CSR core contents of ISO 26000 (CSR to employees, customers, local community, environment, human rights, ethical behavior, and leadership). The analysis united three of them—CSR to employees, ethical behavior, and human rights—into CSR leadership to employees.

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Author Biographies

Mira Zore

PhD student at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia
E-mail: mira.zore@zomi.si

Mira Zore is a doctoral student in the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Economics and Business. In 2004 she received her M.S. from the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Economics in management. Her thesis was entitled “Specifics of marketing strategies concerning services.” For many years she has worked for many companies as a leading person in sales and supplies. Since 2000, she has been the head of sales and supplies in a private manufacturing company.

Majda Bastič

Retired, Faculty of Economics and Business Maribor, University of Maribor, Slovenia
E-mail: majda.bastic@guest.um.si

Majda Bastič was a professor of Operations Research, Operations Management and Research Methodology at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Economics and Business. Now, she works at the Faculty of Arts and Alma Mater Europaea as a subcontracted teaching professor. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Zagreb. Her research interest is focused on research in innovation management associated with sustainable development and social responsibility in companies from various industries. Her publications have appeared in many international and domestic journals as well as conference proceedings.

Matjaž Mulej

Retired, Faculty of Economics and Business Maribor, University of Maribor, Slovenia
E-mail: matjaz.mulej@um.si

Matjaž Mulej is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maribor, in systems and innovation theory (also applied to social responsibility for 10+ years). He has published more than 1.800 publications in 40+ countries (see: IZUM/Cobiss/ Bibliographies, 08082). He spent 15 semesters as a visiting professor abroad. He authored the Dialectical Systems Theory (see: François, 2004, International Encyclopedia) and Innovative Business Paradigm and Methods. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg (2004), European Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Paris (2004), and International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences, Vienna (2010; former head). He earned his M.A. in development economics and doctorates in economics/systems theory and management/innovation management.
homepage: epfip.uni-mb.si; www.irdo.si

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