The purpose of this research is to investigate existent Apple’s CSR strategies using third-party audits as focal means in resolving corporate social responsibilities (CSR) conflicts. Building on the reportage and statistics, this research provides original investigation into the passive CSR conflicts cycle of Apple’s CSR strategies on employers and environment. The significance of this study for Apple’s CSR strategies is threefold: (1) it indicates that Apple follows a conflict-solution driven CSR strategy, (2) it suggests that Apple embellishes the facts with asymmetric information between the company and the stakeholder, and (3) it discusses the potential improvement of an innovation-driven CSR integrated into its corporate strategic planning and daily decision making.

Han Bao. Practical but Passive: Apple’s CSR Strategies on People and Planet. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2022), Vol. 4, Issue 7: 53-57. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2022.040710.

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