Corporate social responsibility: a corporate marketing perspective
从企业营销视角整合理解企业社会责任，提出基于身份的概念化，认为CSR是协调多重企业身份、提升营销效果的管理工具。
Purpose The main goal of this paper is to provide an integrative understanding of corporate social responsibility (CSR) from a corporate marketing perspective, highlighting the critical role of CSR in effective corporate marketing strategies. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual and draws on the social identification, organisational identity and corporate marketing literatures from the European and US schools of thought. Findings The paper integrates and builds on extant thinking in corporate marketing and CSR to provide an identity‐based conceptualization of CSR. Based on this, it positions CSR as an optimal managerial tool for promoting alignment between multiple corporate identities (e.g. internal, external), which ultimately leads to key benefits for the company. Originality/value The paper is the first to highlight the unique role of CSR in being able to align multiple corporate identities. Furthermore, the paper threads together diverse perspectives on corporate identity and marketing to highlight the potential role of CSR in effective corporate marketing.