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Oct 14, 2024 · This paper explores the evolving landscape of business ethics in Japan, with a particular focus on recent research trends and methodologies. It begins by examining historical influences on Japanese corporate governance and business ethics, but places greater emphasis on findings from a survey of Japanese business ethics scholars.
May 6, 2021 · The result shows that ethically questionable practices have been going on behind the explicitly articulated CSR policies and implies the difficulties of delegating the power to address societal issues to business organisations.
- Shinji Horiguchi
- 2021
Jan 19, 2022 · Horiguchi argues that the Japanese public tends to be suspicious of the integrity of CSR activities and of business's sincerity in addressing social issues, as ethically questionable business practices often exist alongside explicitly articulated CSR policies and practices. In other words, the public does not find CSR happy talk convincing when ...
- CSR: An International Comparison
- Where Does Japan Stand?
- Characteristics and History of CSR in Japan
- Summary
Since it was introduced in the 1950s, the concept of CSR has continued to evolve, mainly in Western contexts (Latapí, Jóhannsdóttir, and Davídsdóttir 2019), while in Japan, it began attracting attention from around the end of the 1990s in response to overseas trends (Kawamura 2004). How firmly has this Western import been embraced by Japanese compa...
International Positioning of Japan’s CSR activities The Welford survey (Welford 2005) is one of the best-known international comparative studies that includes Japan. The author conducted questionnaire surveys of companies in 15 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia in 2002 and 2004 in which CSR activities were classified into 20 categories. ...
Having reviewed the position of Japan’s CSR in international comparative studies and discussed the background to such studies, I will turn now to an examination of studies that focus specifically on Japan. Hybrid CSR Many of the studies mentioned in the preceding section identify two common features of CSR in Japan. The first is the development of ...
The foregoing was a summary of existing studies on CSR in Japan. Many international comparisons show that the level of CSR in Japan is exceptionally high in Asia, being comparable to that seen in many Western countries. Major strengths include the publication of CSR reports and efforts to deal with environmental issues. The questionnaire survey on ...
Jul 29, 2022 · Japanese companies have also been influenced by this global movement and have translated CSR into the Japanese context (Suzuki et al. 2010; Tanimoto 2016). There are various discussions about how CSR is recognized and how it functions in the contexts of different countries.
- Kanji Tanimoto
- k.tanimoto@waseda.jp
Jul 8, 2021 · In this chapter we have attempted to go beyond presenting a survey wherein CSR is explained by CSR, and instead present an analysis of the changing conceptual context within which the characteristics of Japan’s CSR have taken and are changing form.
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Nov 20, 2015 · This study examines managers' actual CSR perceptions and practices in Japan. The paper reports on an empirical study carried out in Japan in 2012, where 12 Japanese global companies were interviewed about their CSR and sustainability strategy and practices.
