• 유통과학연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2017

Purpose - This study attempts to extend the research in responsible luxury by identifying contexts where Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can promote luxury brands' evaluation. It contributes to the literature on consumer responses to CSR, and to responsible luxury in particular and demonstrates how dispositional consensus and luxury-CSR information of luxury brands affects consumers' evaluation of brand. Research design, data, and methodology - An experiment was conducted to test the relationship between brand evaluation and responsible luxury brands' CSR information using collected data through a survey in a large university of South Korea. Study conditions were manipulated with various product types to analyze the relationship in different product domains. Results - When consensus regarding sincere and altruistic motive of companies for CSR activity is high, the perceived fit between luxury brand and the type of CSR has no effect on brand evaluation. But, in case of lower consensus regarding the benevolent company motives, higher fit enhances evaluation than lower fit. Conclusions - In using consensus as a guiding factor to choose the type of charity with favorably view, the level of irrespective fit can help luxury firms to enjoy the benefits of better image. In case of low consensus donating to charities that are closely related to the brands' product or area of business seems to be fruitful.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.888-899
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• 2011

Fashion companies make use of diverse strategies to have a competitive edge as there is a growing fierce competition. According to earlier studies, consumers prefer the products and services of companies that direct their energy into CSR activities if there's little disparity in quality of products and services among the companies. The way consumers look at the CSR activities of businesses is very important for the companies since it is linked to their evaluation and image of the companies and indulgencies on their word-of-mouth, purchase and loyalty. It's not quite advisable for fashion companies to make an investment in CSR activities without any specific plans or conviction of the effectiveness of the activities. Actually, lots of domestic companies fail to success their CSR activities, despite of their hard efforts. This study was to examine the appropriateness of corporate CSR activities, the attitude of customers to companies and their intention of recommendation and purchase in detail, and to provide some information on strategy setting for the CSR activities of fashion businesses.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1076-1089
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• 2010

Nowadays, business environment changes with higher consumer demands for corporate social responsibility than before. However, many fashion companies are unaware of such a wave of changing business environment. And they are not so much interested in making any investment or policy for CSR activities. Besides, despite changing environment and consumer demands, there are very few studies dealing with this matter. Thus, this study aimed to find out the proper types of CSR activities for fashion companies. In addition, it also intended to determine potential effects of CSR activities on consumer attitudes and purchase behaviors. The findings are as follows. First, it is found that there are differences in consumers' perceived suitability depending on types of CSR activities of fashion company. Secondly, it is found that the suitability of CSR activities of fashion companies has positive effects on consumer attitudes to fashion companies. Thirdly, the more favorable consumer attitudes to fashion companies owing to their CSR activities are correlated with the higher consumer satisfaction. Fourthly, the more favorable consumer attitudes to fashion companies are also correlated with the higher consumer intention for purchase. Hence, it is required that fashion companies recognize the importance of their CSR activities, and also plan and implement appropriate CSR activities for consumers.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.94-103
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• 2021

이 연구의 목적은 게임 기업의 CSR 활동, 게임 프로그램 품질, 게임기업 브랜드 자산에 대한 이용자 평가가 게임 지속 이용의도에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 살펴보는 것이다. 구체적으로 다음과 같은 연구가설을 설정하여 검증하였다. 첫째, 넥슨 CSR 활동에 대한 평가와 게임 프로그램 품질에 대한 평가가 브랜드 자산에 미치는 영향, 둘째, 넥슨 CSR 활동에 대한 평가와 게임 프로그램 품질에 대한 평가가 게임 프로그램 지속이용의도에 미치는 영향, 셋째, 넥슨 CSR 활동에 대한 평가, 게임 프로그램 품질에 대한 평가, 그리고 넥슨 브랜드 자산에 대한 평가가 게임 프로그램 지속 이용의도에 미치는 영향이다. 수도권에 재학 중인 대학생 367명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시했다. 연구결과, CSR 활동에 대한 이용자 평가 중 법적 책임을 제외하고, 경제, 윤리, 자선적 책임 평가가 브랜드 자산과 게임 지속 이용의도에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 세 변인(CSR 활동, 품질, 브랜드 자산)이 게임 지속 이용의도에 미치는 영향 분석에서 윤리적 책임 평가와 브랜드 충성도만이 통계적으로 유의미했다. 이는 게임 기업 경영진이 CSR 활동을 기업 경영에 불필요한 비용으로만 보아서는 안되고, 기업 영업이익을 증대시킬 수 있는 투자의 영역으로 인식해야 하며, 기업의 윤리경영을 한층 더 강화해야 한다는 점을 확인해주고 있다.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2016

This study examines the impact of consumer ethics on the CSR motive attributions and, the subsequent consumer perception of the firm's ethicality. Data of 512 adults were collected nationwide using a self-administered questionnaire online. Exploratory and confirmative factor analysis were employed to identify six underlying dimensions of consumer ethics, as follows: actively benefiting from illegal actions, passively benefiting from illegal actions, no harm/no foul, economic benefiting from illegal actions, intellectual property infringement, and pro-environmental behavior. In order to examine the relationships between consumer ethics, CSR motive attribution, and consumer perceived ethicality, a structural equation modeling test was conducted. The results demonstrated that actively benefiting from illegal actions, economic benefiting from illegal action, and pro-environmental behavior had impacts on CSR motive attributions such as strategy-driven attribution, value-driven attribution, and stakeholder-driven attribution. Consequently, strategy-driven attribution and value-driven attribution influenced the consumer perception of the firm's ethicality, whereas stakeholder-driven attribution did not. This study provides an understanding of the CSR attribution mechanism from the view of consumer ethics that are multi-dimensional. The ethical judgements on different types of consumer behavior lead to attributions of CSR motives and subsequently their perception of a firm's ethicality.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.16-24
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• 2009

This study suggested a theoretical research system on the effects of corporate social responsibility in the foodservice industry upon perceived service quality. Self-administered questionnaires were completed by 509 customers and the data were analysed by frequency, factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. The primary results are as follows - Three corporate social responsibility (CSR) factors were obtained - economic responsibility, legal.ethical responsibility and philanthropic responsibility. In addition, five factors were obtained from the factor analysis of perceived service quality - tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. Correlation analysis showed a significant correlation between the CSR factors and the customers' perceived service quality factors. Multiple regression analysis, to verify the hypothesis, showed that CSR in the foodservice industry had a significant influence upon customers' perceived service quality; therefore, the research hypothesis was adopted. CSR, which had an effect on tangibility out of the minutely-perceived service quality factors, was indicated in the order of economic responsibility, legal ethical responsibility and philanthropic responsibility. Responsiveness, reliability, and assurance were influenced by legal ethical responsibility, economic responsibility and philanthropic responsibility, respectively, in order. Also, empathy was surveyed to be influenced by legal ethical responsibility, philanthropic responsibility and economic responsibility in order. Consequently, customers' evaluations of perceived service quality may be inferred to have positive effects when the customer recognizes whether the foodservice company performs social responsibility.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.1073-1087
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• 2020

The purpose of this paper is to (1) evaluate a proposed conceptual model based on integrated Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); (2) compare the differences between Vietnam and South Korea regarding the effects of consumer perception of CSR activities and technology acceptance on intention to adopt mobile banking. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was conducted to analyze the data collected from the field survey questionnaires administered to a convenience sample of Vietnamese and Korean banking customers. The results showed that there is a difference between South Korea and Vietnam with regard to intention to use mobile banking services. While the effects of social responsibility and environmental responsibility on trust, trust on perceived usefulness, perceived risk on intention to use, perceived usefulness on intention to use were significant in the context of Vietnam but those effects were not significant in South Korea. Therefore, this study has attempted to fill this gap by empirically examining some of the important factors influencing the adoption of m-banking from the Vietnamese and Korean customers' perspectives. Finally, practical and theoretical implications for both banks and researchers in the m- banking context are also discussed in the concluding section.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.105-123
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• 2016

Do corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives lead to positive outcomes for companies? Although it is commonly accepted that CSR is a necessary component of modern marketing communication, the empirical evidence shows that that is not always the case. If CSR is sometimes not conducive to better marketing, it behooves firms to determine the right conditions that foster more effective CSR. It is in that vein that this study aims to add to the growing body of marketing and CSR literature through a series of experiments that examines the dynamics between prior attitude toward the company, the fit between the company and the CSR cause, and consumers' accessible thoughts. This study finds that the prior corporate reputation has an impact on how consumers evaluate the CSR activities of companies. Moreover, we show that the degree of accessible thoughts and their valence can change the moderating effect of the fit between the company and the CSR cause. This is because negative information is perceived as being more diagnostic than positive information in an evaluation situation. We demonstrate that companies that have lower prior public reputations can improve the evaluation of their CSR activities in two major ways: (1) by finding CSR causes that have a lower fit with their business, or (2) by providing information that allow consumers to access more positive thoughts about the CSR activity.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.385-399
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• 2020

Corporate social responsibility is a consistently discussed theme in many industries. Most corporations engage in CSR activities and now inform consumers in detail on what they have been doing for society. It has become a critical tool of consumer communication; however, little is known regarding the role of information transparency in the context of the fashion industry. This study discusses information transparency of fashion corporations which means revealing information regarding cost and garment making processes. The research proved that the higher consumers perceive a fashion brand's CSR performance (CSP), the more they think the provided CSR information is substantial; consequently, there is a favorable evaluation of the brand. The result provides insight regarding the relationship between CSP perception, perceived information substantiality, and brand evaluation. There was a significant partial mediation effect of perceived information substantiality. Moreover, the moderated mediation effect of information transparency appeared significant on the impact of CSP perception for brand evaluation via CSR information substantiality. The process model 7 was used as an analytical tool. The results of this study implies the importance of information transparency in the fashion industry context in the digital era.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.45-66
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• 2009

본 연구는 최근 세계적인 이슈가 되고 있는 기업의 CSR성과와 기업의 지배구조가 체계적인 관련성을 가지는가에 대한 실증적인 분석을 하였다. 양호한 기업지배구조를 가진 기업은 더 높은 CSR성과를 가진다는 가설을 설정하고 국내 CSR성과 자료를 이용하여 실증적인 검증을 시도하였다. 이러한 가설을 검증하기 위하여 기업지배구조의 변수로 국내기관투자자지분율, 외국인투자지분율, 사외이사비율, 감사위원회도입과 CSR성과의 측정치로 한국경제정의연구소(KEJI)의 지수를 이용하여 1998년부터 2005까지 상장기업 130개 기업을 검증하였다. 연구결과 양호한 기업지배구조를 가진 기업과 CSR성과는 통계적으로 유의한 관계를 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 기업지배구조의 변수 중 외국인투자지분율, 사외이사비율, 감사위원회도입과 CSR성과는 통계적으로 유의한 정의 관계를 나타내고 있다. 이러한 연구결과는 양호한 기업지배구조를 가진 기업은 더 나은 CSR성과로 나타나고 궁극적으로 기업가치를 높일 수 있는 연결고리를 보여주고 있으며, 기업의 지배구조개선으로 CSR성과를 제고시키는 전략적 수단이 될 수 있다는 점을 시사하고 있다. 특히, 본 연구결과는 한국기업이 CSR활동에 있어서는 여전히 걸음마 수준에 있는 만큼 많은 경영자들에게 기업의 지배구조와 CSR에 대한 새로운 인식을 가질 수 있는 계기가 될 수 있음을 보여주고 있다.