The purpose of this study is to examine how strategic CSR activities influence the attitude toward tobacco company and to provide a foundation for the regulation of tobacco companies` CSR activities. For the purpose, it investigated how the perception...
The purpose of this study is to examine how strategic CSR activities influence the attitude toward tobacco company and to provide a foundation for the regulation of tobacco companies` CSR activities. For the purpose, it investigated how the perception of Tobacco company`s CSR activities affected the attitude toward tobacco company through company image and company-public relationship. The results indicated that the perception of Tobacco company`s CSR activities affected corporate image, company-public relationship, and attitude toward the company. Moreover, company image influenced company-public relationship and attitude toward the company, and company-public relationship affected the attitude. As a result, tobacco company`s CSR activities affected directly and indirectly the attitude toward the company through company image and company-public relationship. In particular, the CSR activities` direct influence on the attitude was larger than indirect one through company image and company-public relationship, and the indirect influence through company image was larger than that through company-public relationship. These results provide a foundation for regulating tobacco company`s strategic CSR activities.