Do such as knowingly violating human rights or

do, such as knowingly violating human rights or
supporting laws that do the same. He explains that CC takes a company from simply following
regulations and involving itself socially for profit, to becoming an actual citizen. He uses the
words of Owen D. Young, the CEO of GE in the 1930s, when he says that a company should
perform “its duties as a great and good citizen should” (Bainbridge, 2009, para. 3). Bainbridge

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(2009) additionally quotes Judge Spencer Roane from 1809 who states that if a company acts
only in selfish interest and is both detrimental and not promotive of the public good “they have
no adequate claim upon the legislature for the privileges” in which they have been bestowed
(para. 3).
Valor (2005) differentiates CSR and CC by determining which one is more proficient at
advancing the social control of companies. Social control is obtained by stakeholders through
economic decisions based on perceived corporate social-values. Valor (2005) has determined that
CSR, because of its broader nature (e.g. a corporation as a whole), advances social control to a
greater degree than the more narrow characterization of CC, which provides for more managerial
control that may not focus on social obligations.
Sheehan (2013) has yet another take on the differences between CSR and CC explained
through the company Hill Holliday. Jack Connors, founder, explains that the company’s CC
comes about from getting employees involved and being known as “an employer that gives
back” versus the company that gives back (Sheehan, 2013, p. 27). In other words, by making its