Corporate Social Responsibility during COVID-19 Pandemic

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Multidisciplinary Business Institute, Department of Business Administration and Economics, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain (Correspondence Author); lajefa@usal.es

2 Pharmaceutical, 37006 Salamanca, Spain; mf.mariafagundez@gmail.com

3 MSc in psychology, Researcher, Social Security Research Institute, asadi.h@ssor.ir

Abstract

Definition: The health, economic, and social consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have highlighted the need for collaboration among all agents to face a scenario that we have not before seen. 
Purpose: The aims of this paper are to analyze the involvement that large Spanish companies have shown during the toughest moments of the epidemic and to determine the objectives these companies have pursued with them.
Result: The results show that several firms have shown a great commitment with society, developing actions that alleviate the consequences of the COVID-19 like others have developed several strategies with different objectives. More concretely, three clusters of responsibility have been identified: (i) protecting only the interests of shareholders and investors; (ii) favoring the wellbeing of the Spanish society in general and vulnerable groups in particular; and (iii) combining the previous altruistic actions  with commercial interests.  

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  • Receive Date: 04 April 2022
  • Accept Date: 04 April 2022

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