CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: WHAT THE SOCIAL REPORTS REVEAL

Abstract

This research considers an analysis on how companies listed in the Brazilian Stock Exchange understand corporative social responsibility and put it in practice. Through qualitative analysis, it was observed that one third of the companies of the sample presented deviations in the understanding of what corporative social responsibility is, confusing philanthropy with the business itself, volunteer actions of employees as their own, fines with investments, among others ambiguous information. The contribution of the present research is relevant as it condenses and demonstrates the (mis)match between the understanding and the practice of corporate social responsibility.

Keywords
Corporate social responsibility; Mission; Shareholders