Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability during the Coronavirus Crisis, 1st ed. 2021
International Case Studies
Palgrave Studies in Governance, Leadership and Responsibility Series

This book seeks to understand how society and businesses are affected by, and respond to, the coronavirus crisis in various parts of the world. The volume explores: new CSR perspectives given the pandemic situation; SME perspectives and responsibility during the early stages of the pandemic; how large companies responded to the crisis; the challenges and opportunities provided by the use of digital technologies; and how leaders, entrepreneurs and individuals manage in uncertain times.

Pulling together conceptual and empirical studies from Spain, Mexico, Sweden, Nigeria, Ghana and Kuwait , the book offers a truly international  perspective as it examines how the pandemic has challenged a number of existing CSR assumptions, concepts and practices. It will be valuable reading for academics working in the fields of management, CSR, sustainability and crisis management.

Anna Sörensson is assistant professor and researcher in Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism at Mid Sweden University, Sweden.

Besrat Tesfaye is Associate Professor of Business Administration at Södertörn University, Sweden.

Anders Lundström is professor emeritus at Mid Sweden University and managing director at the IPREG (The Institute of Innovative Entrepreneurship), Sweden.

Georgiana Grigore is Associate Professor in Marketing at University of Leicester, UK.

Section 1: Immediate organisational and cultural responses to Covid19

Corporate Responses to CoViD-19 Pandemic in Romania

CSR during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Perspective 

Socially Responsible and Activist Collaborative Prosumption in Creative Industries during COVID in Turkey

CSR and sustainability response during the Covid-19 crisis in Mexico

Section 2: New opportunities for sustainability

Effect on Businesses and Sustainability on Large-sized Swedish Companies due to the Corona Virus

Exploring CSR and Sustainability Management in “green” and nature-based Micro-Enterprises during the Covid 19 pandemic

Corporate Sustainability and COVID-19 Responses in West Africa: The potential for sustained linkages between philanthropy and CSR practices

Section 3: Challenges and opportunities afforded by digital technologies

Buy Social: The Challenge of Moving Social Enterprises to Successful Online Selling

Resilience, Sustainability and Digitalization: SMES and Big Corporations facing the challenges of restarting after the lockdown.

The CoronaVirus makers network. Understanding the success of an innovation community facing Covid-19 in Spain.

Section 4: Entrepreneurship, leadership and corporate reflections under the Covid-19 crisis

Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship under the COVID-19 Crisis

Less Explored Attributes of Diversity and Board Effectiveness

What are the outcomes of corporate social irresponsibility (CSI)? Paradoxes and opportunities 

Executives’ reflections on the pandemic

Anna Sörensson is assistant professor and researcher in Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism at Mid Sweden University, Sweden.

Besrat Tesfaye is Associate Professor of Business Administration at Södertörn University, Sweden.

Anders Lundström is professor emeritus at Mid Sweden University and managing director at the IPREG (The Institute of Innovative Entrepreneurship), Sweden.

Georgiana Grigore is Associate Professor in Marketing at University of Leicester, UK.

Provides a truly international examination of responses to the pandemic over a variety of industries.

Explores the importance of sustainability and CSR in economic reconstruction.

Captures the immediate responses to the coronavirus, and explores the relationship between businesses and society during a world-wide emergency situation