Abstract:

Corporate sustainability and social responsibilities of businesses have become more important in the context of sustainable development against the social, environmental and economic negativities caused by the global economic system. This study examines the articles published in the Web of Science (Wos) database on Corporate Sustainability (CS) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the citations in the articles and evaluates the knowledge structure of this research area so far. While no bibliometric analysis study dealing with CS and CSR together was found in the examination, 1 academic publication on CS and 12 bibliometric analysis studies on CSR was found. In this bibliometric analysis study, it was determined that there were 717 scientific articles on CS and 7,025 articles on CSR published on the Web of Science (WoS) platform from 1972 until today (15.04.2022). It includes the examination of academic article studies covering a total of 7,742 articles, including CS and CSR related articles. The aim of this study is to present the bibliometric analysis of the articles on CS and CSR. Analysis has been made to reveal a series of intellectual effects that help to make sense of and shape the interaction between these two concepts. In the study, it was determined that the positions and coverage areas of CS and CSR were discussed in terms of their ability to address environmental, social and economic issues.

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