Title: Strategic corporate social responsibility or responsible performance of sporting organisations in Australia

Authors: Sujana Adapa

Addresses: UNE Business School, University of New England, Armidale 2351 NSW, Australia

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to understand how Australian national sporting organisations communicate corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in their strategic plans. The overarching aim of the article is to understand the main categories and sub-categories of interest to the sporting organisations in Australia when communicating their responsible management practices. A total of 42 strategic plans of Australian national sporting organisations were qualitatively content analysed using NVivo software. The results identified eight categories of importance and several sub-categories. It is identified that rather than focusing on the strategic orientation of CSR, sporting organisations need to embrace an integrated theoretical framework to communicate responsible performance of sporting organisations (RPSO) to various stakeholders.

Keywords: corporate social responsibility; CSR; sporting organisations; responsible performance; strategic intent; communication; stakeholders; sustainability; Australia.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2018.091343

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 2018 Vol.18 No.1/2, pp.83 - 104

Received: 31 Mar 2017
Accepted: 05 Nov 2017
Published online: 25 Apr 2018 *

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