Understanding CSR from the Organizational Theory Perspectives

Does the concept of CSR make organizations more responsible in a tangible way, or does it mostly serve to manage impressions or even greenwashing?

This paper examines Corporate Social Responsibility through the key types of organization theory from the following perspectives: rationalist, pragmatist, co-constitutive theories, and critical management perspective. The primary aim of this paper is to highlight the mechanisms in which CSR can make organizations tangibly more responsible when viewed from each of this perspective as well as the ways in which CSR can be put forth by an organization only to serve its need for impression management.