CSR A Kárpát-medencén innen és túl = CSR in Carpathian basin compared with other parts of the world

Abstract

The study first clarifies the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), it also introduces the most common forms, the main benefits and the biggest problems of this concept. Based on the general analysis of CSR, the three basic theoretical CSR models (American, European and Japanese models) are presented. In the second half of the study, the practical implementations of these models are taken into account; the CSR practices in the USA, in Japan and in the different European countries are analysed. In the last part the most important results of my primary research are summarized. Based on the results of this 101-person corporate questionnaire research I analyse the Hungarian CSR practices compare Hungarian implementations with the three basic CSR models. At the end of the study, the benefits and the problems of the Hungarian CSR model are formulated as a summary.