Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in mobile telecommunication industry: Case study of Malaysia

In a very competitive global market, mobile telecommunication companies must strive to portray a picture of themselves as highly socially responsible companies. Active involvement in socially beneficial programs provides extra advantages to the company. This study examines the concentration of CSR...

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Main Authors: Mohamed, Mudzamir, Sawandi, Norfaiezah
Format: Monograph
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2006
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/7569/1/Mu.pdf
https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/7569/4/1.Mudzamir%20Mohamed.pdf
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description In a very competitive global market, mobile telecommunication companies must strive to portray a picture of themselves as highly socially responsible companies. Active involvement in socially beneficial programs provides extra advantages to the company. This study examines the concentration of CSR activities of mobile telecommunication companies in Malaysia. Furthermore, this study also determines the motives and the most influencing factors in their concentration of involvement in CSR. Generally, involvements in CSR activities are inspired by several construct motivational factors and follow the agency theory assumption. One of the primary motivating factors is the belief that CSR can increase long term profitability and sustainability of the company as well as enhance the reputation of the organization. Companies A, B and C show satisfactory level of involvement in five (5) main categories; environmental concerns, welfare or charity, community involvement, products or services improvement and natural disasters awareness programs. Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) as the regulatory body has determined that the mobile telecommunication companies will actively be involved in CSR as the customer-oriented factors in their business operation is of utmost importance. Overall, it can be concluded that all of the three mobile telecommunication companies in Malaysia have high initiative in CSR activities with several constructive motives.
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spelling uum-75692014-07-10T01:28:11Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/7569/ Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in mobile telecommunication industry: Case study of Malaysia Mohamed, Mudzamir Sawandi, Norfaiezah HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare In a very competitive global market, mobile telecommunication companies must strive to portray a picture of themselves as highly socially responsible companies. Active involvement in socially beneficial programs provides extra advantages to the company. This study examines the concentration of CSR activities of mobile telecommunication companies in Malaysia. Furthermore, this study also determines the motives and the most influencing factors in their concentration of involvement in CSR. Generally, involvements in CSR activities are inspired by several construct motivational factors and follow the agency theory assumption. One of the primary motivating factors is the belief that CSR can increase long term profitability and sustainability of the company as well as enhance the reputation of the organization. Companies A, B and C show satisfactory level of involvement in five (5) main categories; environmental concerns, welfare or charity, community involvement, products or services improvement and natural disasters awareness programs. Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) as the regulatory body has determined that the mobile telecommunication companies will actively be involved in CSR as the customer-oriented factors in their business operation is of utmost importance. Overall, it can be concluded that all of the three mobile telecommunication companies in Malaysia have high initiative in CSR activities with several constructive motives. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2006 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/7569/1/Mu.pdf application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/7569/4/1.Mudzamir%20Mohamed.pdf Mohamed, Mudzamir and Sawandi, Norfaiezah (2006) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in mobile telecommunication industry: Case study of Malaysia. Project Report. Universiti Utara Malaysia. (Unpublished) http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000240351
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title_full Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in mobile telecommunication industry: Case study of Malaysia
title_fullStr Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in mobile telecommunication industry: Case study of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in mobile telecommunication industry: Case study of Malaysia
title_short Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in mobile telecommunication industry: Case study of Malaysia
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topic HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
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