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On the Positives of Peripheral Corporate Social Responsibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Mariah Yates  and
Elaine Hollensbe
Mariah Yates*
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
Elaine Hollensbe
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
*
E-mail: yatesmc@mail.uc.edu, Address: Department of Management, Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, 2925 Campus Green Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45221
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Although we support the primary embedded–peripheral categorization proposed by the focal article authors, (Aguinis & Glavas, 2013), in this commentary, we explore the implications of privileging embedded over peripheral corporate social responsibility (CSR) and identify benefits of the latter that we believe have been overlooked or underplayed. The benefits of peripheral CSR that we outline below can, in fact, contribute substantially to overall CSR efforts over and above those of embedded CSR.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 2013 , pp. 368 - 372
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2013

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