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Why Should the Business Community and Organizations Leverage Social Media to Demonstrate Their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Commitment?

Why Should the Business Community and Organizations Leverage Social Media to Demonstrate Their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Commitment?

Salim Sheikh
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 31
ISBN13: 9781522554097|ISBN10: 1522554092|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522588320|EISBN13: 9781522554103
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5409-7.ch004
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Sheikh, Salim. "Why Should the Business Community and Organizations Leverage Social Media to Demonstrate Their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Commitment?." Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Market Positioning for Organizational Success, edited by Carlton Brown and Uzoechi Nwagbara, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 86-116. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5409-7.ch004

APA

Sheikh, S. (2019). Why Should the Business Community and Organizations Leverage Social Media to Demonstrate Their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Commitment?. In C. Brown & U. Nwagbara (Eds.), Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Market Positioning for Organizational Success (pp. 86-116). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5409-7.ch004

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Sheikh, Salim. "Why Should the Business Community and Organizations Leverage Social Media to Demonstrate Their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Commitment?." In Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Market Positioning for Organizational Success, edited by Carlton Brown and Uzoechi Nwagbara, 86-116. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5409-7.ch004

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Abstract

Social media is a great asset for developing a sustainable brand strategy that goes hand-in-hand with CSR. The role of social media cannot be ignored; we live in a customer-centric and highly connected world where consumers vote with their wallets, supporting companies that demonstrate concern for employee welfare, community development, environmental sustainability, and human rights. As the adage goes, “There's power in numbers,” and social media provides companies—who actively engage—with an influential, built-in network of passionate consumers that become followers of a brand when interested in what it's doing. By way of example, real-life case studies are presented that demonstrate the role social media platforms may play to showcase the strides that a company has made for a cause, whether this means funds donated, awareness raised, consumers reached, beneficiaries helped, communities improved, etc.

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