Corporate social responsibility and profitability research in the 2000s: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the bibliometric analysis of corporate social responsibility and profitability from the year 2000 to 2019. The Scopes database was used, and the search was restricted through the use of key words, namely corporate social responsibility and profitability. The analysis was done according to the year of publication, source of publication, writer, nation, affiliation, and the keywords analysis. The results showed that the two most important publishing journals in corporate social responsibility and profitability are the Business Ethics Journal and the Social Responsibility Journal. The United States and the United Kingdom are the two main countries controlling the output of publications. Most of the publications are in the administration science and accounting sectors. Regarding corporate social responsibility, investigation and results are partial to individual data collected from a database such as Scopus from 2000 to 2019. This paper's results provide researchers with insights into the growth of Corporate social responsibility research, which has grown to include internal stakeholders. It also benefits the detection of Corporate social responsibility sources and profitability. The results provide a detailed image of organisational behaviour with regard to the domino effects of CSR programs. It also strengthens internal CSR understanding as another significant CSR viewpoint. The novelty of this paper comes from the use of a bibliometric approach to corporate social responsibility and Scopus database profitability. The researcher also recommends conducting further studies in the future. By using another database, for example, there may be a difference in the results. In addition, another level of company achievement can be used in addition to profitability. The role of social responsibility can be used to achieve competitive advantage.