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Corporate responsibility in emerging markets.

Journal of Corporate Citizenship, The, December, 2006 by Baskin, Jeremy

This paper investigates the extent of corporate responsibility (or CR) uptake in leading emerging markets, and compares this with the situation in developed economies. It analyses a number of generic indicators including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and ISO 14001. The main body of the paper presents the findings of research, conducted in March 2005, into the reported corporate responsibility behaviour of 127 leading emerging-market companies from 21 emerging markets across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. It compares their reported behaviour with that of over 1,700 leading companies in high-income OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. The paper concludes...

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