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Dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) skepticism and their impacts on public evaluations toward CSR

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Pages 248-267 | Received 08 Jul 2015, Accepted 13 Nov 2016, Published online: 20 Dec 2016
 

ABSTRACT

This study attempts to examine the dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) skepticism and to identify the strongest predictor by testing the relationships between the skepticism constructs and public responses. The study further examines the role of cynicism either as an antecedent, a moderator, or a component of CSR skepticism. Through a series of model tests, three factors of CSR skepticism were identified to better predict public responses to CSR: (a) skepticism toward a company’s altruism, (b) disbelief of CSR messages and CSR activities, and (c) skepticism toward CSR informativeness. Skepticism toward a company’s altruism was identified as the strongest predictor in determining negative public response to CSR, whereas cynicism did not have much predictive power to explain public response to CSR; as a result, it was excluded from the final dimensions of CSR skepticism.

本研究尝试研究企业公共关系(CSR)怀疑论构念的维度并通过测试怀疑论构念和公众反应之间的关系来识别最强的预测因子。本研究随后将犬儒学派作为先行者、调节者或CSR怀疑论的组成部分进行了进一步的检视。通过一系列的模型测试,识别出了3个CSR怀疑论因子,以更好的预测公众对CSR的反应:(a)对公司利他主义的怀疑,(b)对CSR消息和CSR活动的不信任,以及(c)对CSR忠实度的怀疑。对公司利他主义的怀疑被识别为决定对CSR负面公共响应的最强预测因子,鉴于利他主义并没有很强的预测能力来解释公众对CSR的反应;其结果是,它被从CSR怀疑论的最终维度中排除。

Este estudio intenta examinar las dimensiones del escepticismo sobre la responsabilidad social corporativa (RSC) e identificar el predictor más fuerte probando las relaciones entre los constructores del escepticismo y las respuestas del público. Además, el estudio examina el papel del cinismo como antecedente, moderador o componente del escepticismo respecto a la RSC. A través de una serie de modelos ensayados, se identificaron 3 factores de escepticismo respecto a la RSC para predecir mejor las respuestas del público a la RSC: (a) escepticismo hacia el altruismo de una empresa; (b) la incredulidad de los mensajes de RSC y actividades de RSC y (c) el escepticismo hacia el altruismo de una empresa fue identificado como el predictor más fuerte en la determinación de la negativa respuesta del público a la RSC, mientras que el cinismo no tenía mucho poder predictivo para explicar la respuesta del púbico a la RSC; Como resultado, se excluyó de las dimensiones finales del escepticismo respecto a la RSC.

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