Corporate Social Responsibility in Fast Emerging Economies (Environmental Perspective in Qatar) Conceptual Framework
Keywords:
Corporate social responsibility, environmental practices, Qatar’s industrial sector, cross-sectional study, structure equation model.Abstract
Although several literatures have argued that corporate social responsibility activities can benefit the corporations in different aspects such as revenue growth, access to capital, risk management and license to operate, human capital, and brand value and reputation, yet, other studies suggest that corporations may fail to gain full competitiveness from environmental practices. Therefore, further investigation is required, particularly in emerging economies such as Qatar. This paper aims to design a framework for the purpose to be tested in Qatar industrial sector. Several contributions are expected to be achieved by testing the moderating and mediating influences of some variables help in understanding the relationship between CSR particularly environmental practices and organizational performance.
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