Carroll, A.B. (1999). Corporate Social Responsibility: Evolution of a Definitional Construct. Business & Society, 38(3), 268-295.

Carroll summarizes the development of the concept CSR over four decades. Considering that Carroll’s work is nearly twenty years old, and academia, as well as industry, engages with the concept today differently than in the 1990s, to what extent does Carroll resonate with today’s use of CSR?

Kolk, A. (2016). The social responsibility of international business: From ethics and the environment to CSR and sustainable development. Journal of World Business, 51(1), 23-34.

Kolk reflects on 50 years of IB and social responsibility research. The article covers a wide range of social concerns that are affected by FDI and trade. Aside from being a good starting point for any research on this topic, consider which social areas IB research has neglected despite them being impacted by IB.

Rodriguez, P., Siegel, D., Hillman, A., & Eden, L. (2006). Three lenses on the multinational enterprise: politics, corruption, and corporate social responsibility. Journal of International Business Studies, 37(6), 733-746.

Rodriguez et al. raise the important concern that IB research would benefit from greater interdisciplinary research. Consider how other fields of study could enrich IB research and if these approaches could deliver better results for CSR.

Zhao, M., Park, S.H., & Zhou, H. (2014). MNC strategy and social adaptation in emerging markets. Journal of International Business Studies, 45(7), 842-861.

Zhao and colleagues are addressing the issue of how MNEs are responding strategically to public crises. The way MNEs are approaching and using CSR, engaging in climate change, and responding to public opposition can lead to public crises. The article should be read critically and its generalizability to other fields of crises assessed.