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03884nam a2200289 a 4500 |
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2016 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
THESES PRESS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Azad, Md. Abul Kalam, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The impact of corporate social responsibility in customers' preference of retail business : |
| Remainder of title |
a case study of Debenhams Plc. in the context of public relations / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Md. Abul Kalam Azad. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Cork : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Cork Institute of Technology, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
98 pages : |
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color illustrations, graphs ; |
| Dimensions |
30 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
M.A. - Public relations with new media |
| 502 ## - DISSERTATION NOTE |
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| Dissertation note |
Thesis (M.A.) - Cork Institute of Technology, 2015. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Bibliography: p. 72-76. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
The aim of this thesis is to find out how the consumers' loyality to a particular retailer is affected by the involvement of the company to various CSR activites. Companies engage in a number of CSR activities not only for an instant increase of sale but also for a good reputation and to fulfil their commitments to the community. At least three different but integated reserch methods were used in this thesis to find out what CSR activites the mentioned company is engaged in and the extent of customers' loyality is achieved. In a word, the correlation of these was investigated. Nowadays, CSR is conducted by various kinds of companies, reported on their websites and also in the media. However, the motivations for the practice of CSR have been criticized and questioned by many. The criticism of CSR, especially in retail industries, is particularly notable due to practices that many companies engage in which may be seen as unsustainable and unethical. Therefore, an exploration of consumer attitudes towards CSR was deemed to be a sufficiently important and interesting field of study. Moreever, due to the fact that little is known about retail consumers' awareness of CSR and again this is why the exploration of the consumer knowledge of CSR is also of critical importance. In this study customers' response to various CSR activies practiced by Debenhams was examined and the data was then analysed using proper techniques to justify the hyptothesis that consumers' loyality to the company increases as they know about the company's involvment to CSC. The measurement was done in the context of Public Relations metrics. Throughout this study, the author used various qualitative research methods in order to collect and analyze data of consumer's awareness and attitudes towards CSR when it come to their purchasing decisions. The results of the primary research was then analyzed and discussed. In addition, secondary research was also undertaken to add strength and validity to the overall study. Subsequently, findings of the primary research was then interpreted and placed in the context of the literature review. The analysis of collected data showed that the consumers are well aware of CSR activities in general but are not sufficiently aware of focused company's CSR activities. Reasonably, this issue has been mentioned in the recommendation section so that the company utilizes a more effective strategy to inform customers of their CSR activities. For CSR campaigns to be truly effective, it is crucial for customers to fully understand the importance and aim of CSR activities in order to have an impact on customers' purchsing decisions. - (Author's abstract) |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Debenhams (Firm) |
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117451 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social responsibility of business. |
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45087 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Consumers' preferences |
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35799 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Retail trade. |
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41977 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Public relations. |
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41646 |
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