Authors: Dania Duraid Bajalan1 & Teba Ahmed Alani2 & Tamminana Kamaraju3 & Navulur Krishna Surarchith4
1Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Ishik University, Erbil, Iraq
2Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Ishik University, Erbil, Iraq
3Department of Commerce & Management Studies, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Sikakulam, Andhra Pradessh, India
4Accounting Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Ishik University, Erbil, Iraq & Research Scholar, Department of Commerce and Management, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, (India)
Abstract: The purpose of this research is to analyze the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and how this responsibility is capable to improve the corporate reputation. In order to do that one of the car companies in Erbil, has been chosen to have an overview about the customers, whether they have a system or a certain procedure toward customers, suppliers, shareholders and community as a whole. In previous years, organizations believe that there is a negative relationship between business and being socially responsible, but in now a days there is external pressure for the organizations to be socially responsible by monitoring the organizations and reporting their social performance so that the company value and the level confidence of the stakeholders increase. A survey of an Iraqi Private company has been taken and analyzed as the best example for the subject research. Corporate Reputation plays very specific and important role in any company as it is usually reflected on the decisions made by any company to approach or to do business with in the company. Corporate Social responsibility is considered as an advantage that should be carefully managed.
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Corporate Reputation, Shareholders, Stakeholder
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doi: 10.23918/ijsses.v4i2sip136
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International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies
ISSN 2520-0968 (Online), ISSN 2409-1294 (Print), October 2017, Vol.4, No.2 (Special Issue)