Corporate responsibility

Family business (FB) is a mature research field. However, notwithstanding the relevance of Corporate Responsibility (CR) and despite this research field has experienced a remarkable growth recently, so far relatively few studies have coped with CR in FB. Literature on this topic is very sparse and fragmented, as evidenced by the great variety of research fields, analysed issues and journals. Previous studies coped with CR practices, determinants and outcomes, focusing in particular on what characteristics of FB may have an impact on their CR, on differences and similarities between FB and nonfamily business (NFB). However, they did not clearly indicate whether FB are more or less CR oriented than NFB, as well as whether different types of FB can be distinguished on the basis of their CR approach. This entry aims to understand the reasons why FB engages in CR, main practices adopted, differences between FB and NFB, open issues