A Responsabilidade Social das Empresas e o Desempenho Organizacional

Mário Marques[1], Cláudia Teixeira[2]

(recebido em 12 de Dezembro de 2007; aceite em 6 de Outubro de 2008)

 

 

Resumo. A relação entre a responsabilidade social e o desempenho organizacional das empresas, em concreto o económico-financeiro, tem sido objecto de muita investigação, sobretudo anglo-saxónica, sem, todavia, se chegar a um consenso relativamente à relação entre aquelas variáveis. Com o presente trabalho pretendemos realizar uma revisão da literatura relativa ao conceito de responsabilidade social das empresas e ao seu impacto no desempenho organizacional, em particular no desempenho económico-financeiro.

Palavras-chave: Responsabilidade Social das Empresas, Desempenho Organizacional, Desempenho Social das Empresas, Desempenho Económico-Financeiro.

 

 

Abstract. The relationship between corporate social responsibility and organizational performance, in particular economic and financial performance, has been subject of intensive research, mainly in the Anglo Saxon context, but without getting into a consensus on the relationship between these variables. This paper aims to review the literature concerned with the corporate social responsibility concept and its impact in the organizational performance, particularly the economic and financial performance.    

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, Organizational Performance, Corporate Social Performance, Economic and Financial Performance.

 

 

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[1] Escola de Economia e Gestão, Universidade do Minho (EEG/UM)

[2] Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração, Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ISCAP/IPP)