Enterprise Architecture as a Tool for Managing Corporate Social Responsibility: Potential Use of Enterprise Architecture for CSR Reporting

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The need for acting sustainably is one of the most urgent, but challenging topics enterprises currently face. In order to implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) on each enterprise level, companies establish dedicated management structures. Notwithstanding that several tools are already available for managing CSR, there appears to be no tool which provides an integrated and transparent overview of CSR-relevant organizational units, processes and information systems within a company. In this paper, we propose enterprise architecture (EA) as a suitable tool to fill this gap and facilitate in turn CSR reporting. By drawing on the results of a literature review and an empirical study on CSR management, we first identify CSR management’s information needs in this regard. In a second step, we map these needs using information provided by existing EA frameworks. In the outcome, we present a meta-model which provides a CSR-oriented EA view.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication45. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft f�r Informatik - INFORMATIK 2015 : Informatik, Energie und Umwelt, Proceedings
EditorsDouglas W. Cunningham, Petra Hofstedt, Ingo Schmitt, Klaus Meer
Number of pages15
PublisherGesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Publication date2015
Pages453-467
ISBN (print)978-3-88579-640-4
ISBN (electronic)9783885796404
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event45th Annual Meeting of the German Informatics Society - INFORMATICS 2015: Computer Science, Energy and Environment - Brandenburgische Technische Universität , Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
Duration: 28.09.201502.10.2015
Conference number: 45
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    Research areas

  • Business informatics - Enterprise architecture, Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainability, reporting