A Content Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical

The activities of oil, gas and petrochemical industry companies, along with positive economic impacts, have negatively impacted on the environment at the national and local levels, and numerous reports have been published on emissions from these companies, so environmentalists pay more attention to the effects of these companies on have an environment. Although social responsibility was initially synonymous with the environment, experts such as Carroll defined organizations as quadruple economic, legal, ethical and humanitarian responsibilities as dimensions of social responsibility. In this study, by analyzing the content of the strategic goals of the oil, gas and petrochemical industries of Iran, including "vision, mission and core values", the emphasis of these companies on the dimensions of social responsibility has been investigated. To this end, the strategic goals of the 38 companies in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry of Iran were studied. The findings show that the strategic objectives of the companies surveyed amounted to 48.1 percent on economic responsibility, 24.2 percent on legal liability, 19.5 percent on humanitarian liability and 8.2 percent on moral responsibility. In mission statement, vision and core values, the most emphasis was placed on economic responsibility and the least emphasis on moral responsibility was observed.