Motives of Socially Responsible Business Conduct

J.J. Graafland; M. Kaptein; C. Mazereeuw V/d Duijn Schouten

Motives of Socially Responsible Business Conduct

J.J. Graafland, M. Kaptein, C. Mazereeuw V/d Duijn Schouten

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Abstract

The social and ecological challenges that governments face have raised their interest in socially responsible business conduct (SRBC). In this article we analyze the motives of executives to perform SRBC. We distinguish three types of motives: financial, ethical and altruistic motives. We test the hypotheses on a sample of 473 executives. The estimation results show that SRBC is driven by a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic motives, but that the intrinsic motives are stronger than the extrinsic motive.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Tilburg
Publisher	Macroeconomics
Number of pages	23
Volume	2010-74
Publication status	Published - 2010

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Name	CentER Discussion Paper
Volume	2010-74

Keywords

intrinsic motivation
extrinsic motivation
corporate social responsibility
socially responsible business conduct

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