Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193719 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (IEDEE) [ISSN:] 1135-2523 [Volume:] 19 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 180-187
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract (Translated): 
The aim of this paper is to analyze the phenomenon of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Spanish banking sector through social responsibility reports. Based on the theories of legitimacy and Stakeholders justified the use of CSR to analyze the behavior information about its environment. As survey methodology used content analysis, in particular are analyzed and compared the information practices in relation to four pillars on which the RSC is organized: customers, community, employees and the environment. In particular, it proposes a content index of liability (IDR) that measures the quality and detail of information provided. The study concludes that the community and environment categories are the most generally reported, although nature are social institutions (savings banks and credit unions) more transparent about customers and community is concerned, on the evolution during the recent years have seen that the transparency of information does not increase, but remains stable or even decreased as in the case of the contents on customers, in addition, we find that the contents are related to the internal activity of the company remains concerned about the most institutions to address the impacts of their activities as financial intermediaries.
Subjects: 
Content analysis
Financial institutions
Global reporting initiative
Corporate social responsibility
JEL: 
M14
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Document Type: 
Article

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