• 유통과학연구
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2014

Purpose - This study aims to explore the effects of social responsibility activities and business ethics practices on corporate trust and loyalty in the context of a large retail distribution business. Research design, data, and methodology - The data collected was analyzed using PASW Statistics 18.0. In order to verify the demographic characteristics, frequency analysis was conducted on the data. Results - The results of the study were as follows. First, social responsibility activities had a significant effect on corporate trust. Second, both corporate social responsibility activities and business ethics practices had significant effects on loyalty. Third, corporate trust had a significant effect on loyalty. Fourth, corporate social responsibility activities and consumer protection activities had a partial mediation effect, while environmental protection activities and social contribution activities had complete mediation effects. Conclusions - This study clarified and explained the factors of corporate social responsibility activities and business ethics practices that customers value, and analyzed the influence of these factors on corporate trust and loyalty.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2018

Purpose - This paper examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial reporting quality. Corporate social responsibility is a way for firms to take responsibility for the social and environmental impacts of their business operations. Corporate social responsibility is a broad concept that can take various forms depending on the firm and industry. Through corporate social responsibility programs, firms can benefit society. At the same time, firms improve their reputations by increasing engagement in corporate social responsibility activities. However, corporate social responsibility activities are not directly related to profitability, especially for distribution firms. Research design, data, and methodology - 229 distribution & service firm-years between 2011 and 2016 are used for the main analysis. In Korea, Korean Economic Justice Institute evaluates the ethical performance of Korean firms, and the institute annually discloses the scores of top firms. This study uses the KEJI Index scores to measure firm-level corporate social responsibility activities. Discretionary accruals are used as a proxy for financial reporting quality. Discretionary accruals can be used opportunistically, and thus distort the information in earnings. We extract financial data from the KIS Value database. Results - We find that distribution & service firms' engagement in corporate social responsibilities is positively related to their financial reporting quality. First, there is a negative correlation between implementation of corporate social responsibility activities and discretionary accruals. In addition, we find that the coefficient of CSR is significantly negative, supporting our prediction. The result is significant at the 1% level. Conclusions - We examine the relationship between corporate social responsibility activities of distribution firms and their financial reporting quality while most prior studies examine the engagement in corporate social responsibility activities of manufacturing firms. The results of this study show that distribution & service firms engaging in corporate social responsibility activities are likely to maintain high-quality financial reporting.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1247-1256
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to make a close inquiry into the types and characteristics of social responsibility of fashion brands, perceived by consumers in the condition that a systematic frame of social responsibility of fashion brand didn't exist. To achieve the purpose, the study carried out literary survey and FGI (Focus Group Interview) which were qualitative research methods. The study carried out interviews with 9 experts majoring in fashion and 4 staff members in charge of fashion companies. The results of the study were as follows: (1). There were five types of social responsibility activities of fashion brands: fund raising activities, scholarship/cultural volunteer activities, consumer protection activities, recycling/environment-friendly activities, and ethical responsibility activities. (2). Out of the social responsibility of fashion brand, recycling/environment-friendly activities was valued above everything else. It implicates that we should pursue economic profits and sustainability at once by recognizing the importance of environmental management and improving enterprise management. As stated above, it is thought that fashion brand companies should fulfill their social responsibility strategically for long-term profits of fashion brand by grasping and improving the present conditions of social responsibility of fashion brand.

• 무역학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.369-390
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• 2017

과거에는 주로 기업차원에서 이루어지던 사회적 책임활동에서 더 나아가 최근에는 기업의 조직구성원 개개인의 사회적 책임활동의 참여를 이끌어내려는 노력이 이루어지고 있다. 이를 통해 내부구성원의 자긍심과 소속감을 높여 임직원들의 조직만족과 조직몰입을 향상시킬 수 있다는 이점이 있음에도 불구하고, 사회적 책임활동을 다루고 있는 기존의 대다수 연구들은 기업차원에서의 사회적 책임활동을 주로 다루고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 조직구성원 개인의 사회적 책임활동을 활성화시키는 요인을 밝히고, 이러한 개인적 차원에서의 사회적 책임활동이 직무만족과 조직몰입에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 확인하고자 하였다. 중국에 진출해 있는 한국기업의 현지 중국인종업원들의 사회적 책임활동과 관련한 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 그 결과 개인차원의 사회적 책임활동을 활성화시키는 요인은 혁신적 조직문화, 최고경영자의 윤리적 가치관, 직원 개개인의 윤리적 가치관 등이 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한, 조직구성원 개개인의 사회적 책임활동은 직무만족과 조직몰입을 높이는 역할을 수행한다는 점이 밝혀졌다.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2019

Purpose: Corporate social responsibility is a self-regulating business model that helps a firm be socially accountable to the public. By practicing corporate social responsibility, firms can be conscious of the kind of impact they are having on all aspects of society, including economic, social, and environmental. Corporate social responsibility activities are not directly linked to increasing corporate performance and corporate value, but rather involve spending expenses. Based on these facts, this study verifies whether the effects of corporate social responsibility activities differ depending on the firm's situation. Research design, data and methodology: This study analyzed the effect of market competition on corporate social responsibility activities using logistic regression analysis on listed companies in the KOSPI and KOSDAQ for fiscal years 2014 through 2016. In this study, market competition was measured using the Herfindahl-Herschman Index(HHI). Higher HHI value can be interpreted as a lower degree of market competition. We also measured corporate social responsibility activities using the KEJI Index published by the Korea Economic Justice Institute (KEJI). If a firm-year is included in the top 200 companies of the KEJI Index, it is classified as a good corporate social responsibility activity firm. Results: We find that companies in less competitive market were not included in the KEJI Index. This result indicates that firms in the market with lower market competition perform less corporate social responsibility activities that incur costs. An additional analysis showed that there was a significant negative relationship between the market competition and the corporate social responsibility activity scores published by the KEJI Index. These result adds robustness to the result of the hypothesis that firms that have a monopolistic place in the market practice passive corporate social responsibility activities. Conclusions: The results show that managers of a firm in the lower market competition have a lower incentive to use limited resources for projects that are not directly related to revenue. The results of this study imply that corporate social responsibility activities vary according to the position of the business. Therefore, this study suggests that market investors should consider the degree of competition in the market when they evaluate corporate social responsibility activities.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.114-122
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• 2020

We study confirmed the effect of corporate social responsibility activities on organizational trust and job performance of organizational members and mediating effects of organizational trust among 351 members of the organization in the metropolitan area and Chungcheong area. For this, the SPSS 24.0 and AMOS 24.0 statistical packages were used to produce the following results. First, as a result of analyzing the impact of CSR activities on organizational trust of organizational members, factors of economic responsibility, legal responsibility, ethical responsibility, and charitable responsibility showed significant effects on organizational trust. Second, as a result of analyzing the relationship between the effects of CSR activities on the job performance of members of the organization, it showed a direct effect on job performance, which is a factor of economic responsibility, legal responsibility, ethical responsibility, and charitable responsibility. Third, organizational trust of organization members was analyzed as a positive factor in job performance. Fourth, it showed the mediating effect of organizational trust on the effect of corporate social responsibility activities on job performance. As a result of this study, the organizational performance and job performance of organizational members showed a direct effect on CSR activities. Therefore, the CSR activity is important as it is a key factor to advance the organizational trust and job performance, which is the company's sustainable management system.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.117-127
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• 2014

본 연구는 사회적 기업가정신이 기업의 사회적 책임(Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR) 활동과 사회적 성과에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하는 것이 목적이다. 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해서 사회적 기업, 사회적 기업가정신, CSR 활동에 관한 이론적 배경을 바탕으로 연구모형 및 가설을 설정하였다. 사회적 기업가정신은 혁신성, 진취성, 위험감수성, 사회적 가치지향성 등으로 분류하였고, CSR 활동은 지역사회의 책임, 자선적 책임, 환경적 책임 등으로 분류하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 연구모형은 사회적 기업가 115명을 대상으로 Smart PLS 2.0을 이용하여 실증분석을 하였다. 분석결과, 첫째, 사회적 기업가정신은 CSR 활동(지역사회의 책임, 자선적 책임, 환경적 책임)에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, CSR 활동(지역사회의 책임, 자선적 책임, 환경적 책임)은 사회적 성과에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 사회적 기업가정신과 CSR 활동 및 사회적 성과와의 영향력을 검증하여 사회적 기업이 지속적으로 성장할 수 있는 전략적 시사점을 제공할 수 있을 것이다.

• 경영과학
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.127-141
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• 2012

Business firms and consumers exist within a society, and their activities influence a society, because they are not separated from a society. Thus, consumers as well as business firms have been asked to conduct socially responsible actions (i.e., environmentally friendly production and socially friendly activities). Previous researchers have investigated on the relationship between corporate social responsibilities and business performances. For example, researchers have analyzed the effects of corporate social responsibility on consumer's corporate evaluations. The corporate social responsibility is commonly classified into the three dimensions (economic, social, and environmental responsibility). In this paper, we demonstrated that the consumer social responsibility can also be classified into the three dimensions. Previous researchers have shown that the three dimensions of corporate social responsibility influence consumer's corporate evaluation. However, they have not considered the interaction effect of the corporate social responsibility and the consumer social responsibility on consumers' corporate evaluation. Different from the past studies, this study investigated on the interaction effect of consumer social responsibility (economic, social, environmental responsibility) and corporate social responsibility (economic, social, environmental responsibility) on consumer's corporate evaluation. For the study, we collected survey data of 200 consumers and analyzed the interaction effect with ANOVAs. The result showed that the three dimensions of social responsibility to both corporate and consumers influence positively the corporate evaluation. They also showed that the interaction effect of consumer responsibility and corporate responsibility on the corporate evaluation was statistically significant. This implies that it is necessary for corporate to conduct corporate social responsibility differently depending on consumer's activity for consumer social responsibility.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.17-28
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• 2018

This study reviewed corporate social responsibility activities of fashion companies and discussed strategies of social enterprises. The research was conducted on 6 Korean fashion companies with sales over KRW 1 trillion as of the end of the term in 2015. Corporate social responsibility activities of each company were investigated from economic, social and environmental viewpoints. The results of this study were as follows: First, each company promoted win-win growth, co-existence management, transparent management and ethics management through economic activities. They pursued win-win growth and co-existence management, which aimed to respect and grow with their partners. Also, they ensured transparent management and ethics management to show their moral management. Second, each company conducted various social contribution programs as part of their social activities. Through the programs, they made donations, supported welfare and culture, and practiced voluntary work, local activities, training and equal opportunities. Third, as for environmental activities, each company tried to protect nature through various activities such as donation to environmental organizations, environmental cleanup activities, environmental management from production to disposal, reuse, eco-friendly system, environmental volunteering, etc. Articles on fashion companies' social responsibility activities have an influence on boosting their attitude and image towards businesses.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제12권9호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2014

Purpose - Recently, although corporate social responsibility activities have been increasing in size, they do not have to achieve qualitative improvements and can be passive and cost consuming. Therefore, companies should make quantitative as well as qualitative improvements in their efforts in corporate social responsibility activities. In this study, the classification of social responsibility activities in a variety of studies was analyzed through a more specific path than in previous studies. Corporate behavior image, social behavior image, and corporate contributions image were analyzed through a more detailed analysis of performance. This study suggests that more detailed and concentrated social responsibility activities be pursued by forming companies. Research design, data, and methodology - The purpose of study is to gauge the corporate need for a more intensive, specific area of CSR activities. For this purpose, the sample of consumers that were targeted for CSR activities, recognized as 261 persons, have been investigated. Through a theoretical discussion on previous research, nine hypotheses were established on corporate image, the influence of corporate performance on CSR, and the CSV regulation effect. In order to test the hypothesis, a survey was conducted on 261 male and female consumers who were targeted for CSR, being persons in their 20s to 40s. PASW Statistics 18.0 and AMOS 18.0 were used for statistical analysis. Results - Corporate behavior image was formed through legal responsibility activities and economic responsibility activities. In addition to economic responsibilities, ethical responsibilities and environmental responsibilities were confirmed to have influence on social behavior image. Corporate social responsibility and philanthropic responsibility were confirmed to have influence on economic contribution image. Corporate image has positive effects on brand attitude, corporate reputation, and corporate competition. In addition, when CSV awareness is high, consumers perceive corporate image only through economic responsibility. However, when CSV awareness is low, economic responsibility as well as legal responsibility through charitable activities form the corporate image that influences the brand attitude and corporate reputation, as well as corporate competitiveness. It would appear that the area of corporate social responsibility needs more intensive management for corporate image and corporate competitive advantage. Conclusion - First, the findings of this study show that each CSR activity has a different effect on corporate image and thus, the corporate image influences corporate performance in distinct ways, depending on the CSR activity. This implies that reactive strategies should be tailored to the required image. Second, there is a difference in CSV awareness between groups. When the CSV awareness is low, we can confirm that legal responsibility activities have an especially significant effect on corporate image, implying that corporations should pursue their economic objectives within legal regulations and need to invest significant time and effort for this. This study has limited generalization potential because the result of the model fit has insufficient reference value. In future research, we need to approach various dimensions of corporate performance.