Applications of Corporate Social Responsibility- A Brief Review and Future Outline
Animesh Debnath *
Department of Economics, Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, 713103, India
Jayanta Kumar Dey
Department of Mathematics, Mahishadal Raj College, Mahishadal, West Bengal, 721628, India
Samarjit Kar
Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, 713209, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Many studies are available to explore the approach of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) development and implementations; there is no paper on CSR review evaluate the various methodologies under this elucidation. Although a few review papers have been published to discuss CSR application, these only covers a small portion of the applications for specific areas. In this study, an extensive review covering the literature from 2000-2014 and several analysis on CSR development are provided mainly to explore how various CSR methodologies have been developed during this period. However, this paper mainly highlights the methodologies, domains, and Major results/conclusion of the CSR articles. A summary table and some figures are also provided along with the discussions and limitations. Finally, conclusions and future research directions and presented.
Keywords: CSR, methodologies, literature review, major- results