Corporate social responsibility (CSR) : Hur några av Sveriges mest hållbara företag jobbar med CSR

Sammanfattning: Responsible entrepreneurship is something that is making an impact in society and is taking amore important place among companies, and a concept associated with this is corporate social responsibility. It is a collective name for the responsibility companies are expected to take from society, including taking into account working conditions for employees and environmental impact. The following work intends to investigate how companies that are among Sweden's top 20 most sustainable companies list work with Corporate social responsibility (CSR). The purpose of the work is to understand how the companies work with CSR and this by analyzing and comparing the companies Systembolaget, Ikea and Stena recycling, which are all among the top 20 most sustainable companies in Sweden in 2020. Through relevant theory we have formed an interview guide as a basis for data collection. In total three respondents were interviewed, all of whom had a leading role in corporate responsibility. With an interview guide based on the four aspects of CSR economically, socially, environmentally and ethically a data has been collected. Through an inductive approach, we have drawn conclusions in relation to theory and literature. Since then, through analysis of empirical data, an understanding has been created in how companies work with CSR and how they relate to the theories. The results of the interviews showed that the companies work with CSR and in terms of the different aspects of CSR, there are similarities and differences between the companies. A common denominator for all companies is that of CSR in general. They believe that taking responsibility is part of running a company as the companies are part of society and have a great deal of influence. Furthermore, companies want to be considered legitimate and then take responsibility for their actions.