Untika Soranunsri.. Corporate social responsibility communication model for balancing efficiency of business corporation and stakeholders in Thailand. Doctoral Degree(Population Education). Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. : Mahidol University, 2014.
Corporate social responsibility communication model for balancing efficiency of business corporation and stakeholders in Thailand
Abstract:
This research aims to analyze corporate social responsibility communication among Thai, Western, and Eastern Multinational Corporations and to synthesize a corporate social responsibility communication model for balancing efficiency for Business Corporations and stakeholders in Thailand. The study and analysis of CSR communication as a good practice for the Case Study Research was conducted with 3 case studies, Siam Cement Public Co., Ltd., Uniliver Thai Holding Co., Ltd., and Panasonic Management (Thailand) Co., Ltd. The Research Methodology was divided into 2 sections; The research on business corporations used Documentary Study and Bellwether Methodology, whereas the stakeholders sections employed the Deliberative Democratic Evaluation Methodology. Later, the Cross-case Analysis was done to synthesize the CSR communication model. The findings on synthesized CSR communication model were developed to balance efficiency of business corporations, and stakeholders in Thailand revealed C-C-S-P-B as the components. The first C represents Concept in CSR communication which comprised of the fundamental CSR concepts and communication direction to emphasize the environment or social issues. The second C, it is meant for CSR communication applying the Inside-out approach to building employees consciousness necessary for corporate sustainable development, followed by raising conscious in sustainable social and environmental development for outside stakeholders Then, S is the Strategy of CSR communication, both responding to stakeholders and participation that focused mainly on Two-way communication. P is the Process of CSR communication which is also the continuous process to stimulate responses from the message receivers. B is defined as Balancing effectiveness to link between the impact on stakeholders and business corporations. For the stakeholders, changing their behaviors made them approving business operation and gaining trust. And even with subsequent social changes, the community still maintains the trust of corporations. The study recommends the business corporation should focus mainly on CSR communications that respond to the stakeholders needs, and encourage participation in CSR. Nonetheless, to create balancing efficiency, the adopted model should be implemented with the consideration of different social contexts within the Thai society.
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