Corporates Social Responsibility Theories

This paper is investigated social responsibility theories. Corporate social responsibility is the obligations and duties that the business enterprise are responsible for maximizing shareholders wealth to society and the environment. Research method in this paper is a library method.The results of this research show that corporate social responsibility theories are various.These theories are categorized into four groups such as instrumental theories, political theories, integrated and complementary theories and ethics theories. In instrumental theories, the corporate is seen as a tool for creating wealth and its social activities are the only means to achieve economic results. Political theories emphasize the power of corporates in society and the responsible use of this power in the political arena. Integrated and complementary theories are focused on meeting social demands by corporate. Ethical theories also emphasize the ethical responsibilities of corporates towards society. In fact, these theories focus on four dimensions of profitability, political performance, social demands, and ethical values. These findings indicate with integration these four groups of theories, a new theory of corporate social responsibility can be codified.