Three part case study on the Regroupement pour la responsabilité sociale des entreprises

Research summary

Research question

The project aims to answer the following:

What are the main historical phases of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Quebec, its key concepts and new approaches?
How important is CSR in the management of grantmaking foundations in Quebec?
What phases led the Béati Foundation to integrate CSR principles into their practices and create the PRI Québec Network?
What role did the Regroupement play in CSR’s recent history and its connections to the philanthropic sector?
What are the main aspects of available CSR related services in Quebec?
How does the Regroupement compare regarding available CSR services?

Research purpose

Three objectives were identified following this line of questioning:

Revisit Quebec’s CSR history and how the Regroupement fits in the timeline
Survey Quebec foundations on their representation of CSR and their knowledge of the ISO 260002 norm
Identify CSR services in Quebec and the space occupied by the Regroupement
Highlight the most interesting approaches, in terms of CSR practice integration among grantmaking foundations.

Summary creation date : August 2021

Supervisor(s)

Jean-Marc Fontan

Researcher and Co-director of PhiLab

Université du Québec à Montréal

Researchers

Saouré Kouamé

Professeur agrégé de stratégie

Université d’Ottawa (École de Gestion Telfer)
Taïeb Hafsi

Researcher

HEC
Stéphane Pisani

Ph.D. Student

Université Laval
David Grant-Poitras

Ph.D. student in Sociology

Université du Québec à Montréal