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Corporate Social Responsibility: An Analysis of Romanian Banks

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The purpose of the study is to analyze the corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities carried out by some of the Romanian banks. The study is based on the secondary data taken from the annual reports of the banks. The analysis includes the following variables: education, culture, environment and social. The results show that though the Romanian banks are making efforts in the CSR areas but still there is a requirement of more emphasis on CSR. The private sector banks have overall highest contribution in CSR activities. Public sector banks and foreign banks are still lagging in this area. The study has a scope of further research where the CSR performance of banks can be related to financial performance of the banks.

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  1. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

    Roxana Maria Bădîrcea, Alina Georgiana Manta, Ramona Pîrvu & Nicoleta Mihaela Florea

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  1. Guildhall School of Business & Law, London Metropolitan University, London, UK

    Samuel O. Idowu

  2. Department of Economics & Business Administration, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

    Cătălina Sitnikov

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Bădîrcea, R.M., Manta, A.G., Pîrvu, R., Florea, N.M. (2020). Corporate Social Responsibility: An Analysis of Romanian Banks. In: Idowu, S., Sitnikov, C. (eds) Essential Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39229-1_12

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