Baula O. Enhancing corporate social responsibility of business in the national economy

This dissertation is an in-depth study on the development and substantiation of theoretical fundamentals and methodological tools to generate corporate social responsibility of businesses in the national economy. The research findings provide epistemological and ontological understanding of the notion of corporate social responsibility and its essence along with offering an overview of historical and modern background for the evolution of the economic nature of the corporate social responsibility concept. The categories and the specifics of building a domestic model for corporate social responsibility of Ukrainian businesses in the national economy have been discussed. Insights are provided on different CSR application practices of business based on comparative study of the key CSR concepts development in Ukraine and globally. The thesis offers an analysis of the state of government regulation in the area of corporate social responsibility and identifies the key drivers and barriers to successful CSR strategy implementation in Ukraine as well as exploring the effects of CSR on business development in the national economic settings. A methodological approach to clustering of the national economy sectors by the level of CSR impact on business development is proposed. Another significant implication of this research is suggesting a methodological approach to measuring the level and boosting CSR development by national industries. The government program to support CSR initiatives in the national economy has been proposed. The national framework for CSR monitoring by key business performance indicators has been substantiated using international non-financial reporting standards.