Editorial 28.3: Human social responsibility.

Whilst the CSR concept has done some good and it continues to be pervasive among organisations that are trying to demonstrate what they are doing for society, this is largely led by consumer pressure and the media support for the concept, which has not changed ([39]), thus the concept is rightfully studied in the academic community and has a significant place in the I CCIJ i too. CSA is a situation where companies take a stance on a social and/or political issue, often a controversial one ([9]) and because many companies go beyond the usual CSR initiatives, researchers started to study CSA as a distinctive concept separated from CSR. This is true, and as I have argued in a digital transformation editorial, as well as in an editorial on listening ([40], [41]), organisations indeed consist of humans and are not self-contained organisms, thus it is true that humans in the organisations can make choices that will change the world and turn corporations into organisations that do better. CSR usually has several components such as environmental responsibility (organisations should be as environmentally friendly as possible), ethical responsibility (organisations should operate in a fair and ethical manner), philanthropic responsibility (organisations should try to make the world and society a better place) and economic responsibility (financial decisions of organisations should be aligned to commitments expressed in other three areas of responsibility) ([36]). [Extracted from the article]