Corporate social responsibility in Greece: A comparative analysis of the three major energy companies (case study)

Abstract

The case of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become one of the most widespread business topics in the academic community. Various issues like environmental pollution, economic crisis, corruption, poverty are of major importance these days and besides governments and politicians' responsibility it is obvious that corporations are also part of these problems. The concept of CSR is about the commitment of business to an ethical behavior which will contribute to the economic development, the improvement of the quality of life of the local communities and the society. In this paper we will present how Greek companies adapt CSR practices to their business strategy and the outcome of these activities. The companies and their CSR practices which are going to be analyzed in this paper belong to the energy production sector.