Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility.
The Concept of “Political CSR”
in the Light of Selected Organization Theories
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Uniwersytet Warszawski
Publication date: 2025-09-19
Studia Politologiczne 2025;77
KEYWORDS
corporate social responsibilitypolitical CSRresource dependence theorystakeholder theorycorporate political activity
ABSTRACT
The concept of “political” corporate social responsibility (PCSR) posits businesses
taking a political role to address “regulatory gap” caused by weak or insufficient social
and civic rights. The aim of this article is to answer the question of how the political
nature of organizational strategies can be conceptualised from the perspective of resource
dependence theory and stakeholder theory. From this standpoint, the theses concerning
the political role of transnational enterprises are subjected to critical analysis.
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