Research Article

Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism

Number: 24 May 21, 2024
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Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism

Abstract

This study highlights how the concept of social responsibility has been transformed into corporate social responsibility (CSR), which has been detached from social responsibility both etymologically and epistemologically. The study also investigates how and in what ways organizations implement CSR, in which the concept of social responsibility has been transformed as an invention of instrumental reason, for their own purposes to ensure their sustainability within the capitalist system. The study has uncovered and identified these objectives and examines them under two headings in correlation with CSR: CSR for brand image and CSR for symbiosis. The study also brings a critical perspective to the concept of CSR within the framework of capitalist activism as a concept proposed for the first time here and constituting the study’s grounded theory, arguing society as also being instrumentalized for corporate purposes. In this direction, the study has a two-fold methodology: descriptive and grounded theory. This study uses the instrumental theory of CSR to conduct itself from the perspective of historical materialism. In this context, the study is expected to contribute to the critical political economy approach and the disciplines of public relations and business administration regarding CSR.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Cultural Studies (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 21, 2024

Submission Date

January 24, 2024

Acceptance Date

April 15, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Number: 24

APA
Öztürk, E. S. (2024). Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism. 4. BOYUT Medya Ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi, 24, 43-64. https://doi.org/10.26650/4boyut.2024.1425231
AMA
1.Öztürk ES. Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi. 2024;(24):43-64. doi:10.26650/4boyut.2024.1425231
Chicago
Öztürk, E. Sahra. 2024. “Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism”. 4. BOYUT Medya Ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi, nos. 24: 43-64. https://doi.org/10.26650/4boyut.2024.1425231.
EndNote
Öztürk ES (May 1, 2024) Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi 24 43–64.
IEEE
[1]E. S. Öztürk, “Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism”, 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi, no. 24, pp. 43–64, May 2024, doi: 10.26650/4boyut.2024.1425231.
ISNAD
Öztürk, E. Sahra. “Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism”. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi. 24 (May 1, 2024): 43-64. https://doi.org/10.26650/4boyut.2024.1425231.
JAMA
1.Öztürk ES. Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi. 2024;:43–64.
MLA
Öztürk, E. Sahra. “Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism”. 4. BOYUT Medya Ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi, no. 24, May 2024, pp. 43-64, doi:10.26650/4boyut.2024.1425231.
Vancouver
1.E. Sahra Öztürk. Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi. 2024 May 1;(24):43-64. doi:10.26650/4boyut.2024.1425231