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Volume 14, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 1474-2748
  • E-ISSN: 2040-0551

Abstract

Abstract

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) embodies a complete code of managing businesses in a sustainable and ethical manner. It is also considered to be one of the first initiatives to promote sustainable development. Corporate social responsibility and sustainable education and research have been instrumental in proliferating relevant knowledge and values in a society. In this article, we explored the current state of research pertaining to corporate social responsibility and sustainability undertaken in Chinese universities. We focused on peer reviewed research articles published by the faculty associated with universities in China. A literature review of 430 articles published in leading journals between 2000 and 2014 revealed 25 research studies dealing particularly with CSR in China. We aimed at finding, using meta-analysis techniques, the frequency, methodologies, industry focus, main findings and the overall impact on corporate social responsibility scholarship of the research published. We found that there was a notable increase in the corporate social responsibility articles written by Chinese university researchers during the past five years. Most of the articles employed an empirical research methodology to study corporate social responsibility in various sectors. There were no comparative studies found between China and other countries that may perform better in corporate social responsibility; such studies could provide insights for China’s corporate social responsibility development. We concluded that researchers affiliated with the national key universities in China contributed a large number of articles.

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