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“Doing Well by Doing Good”: Models of Corporate Social Responsibility The corporate scandals of the past years have raised many questions about businesses and their public interests. To answer these questions the field of corporate social responsibility has grown to great lengths and is now an everyday word in the business world. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is also known as: business ethics, corporate citizenship, corporate accountability, and sustainability (Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility, 1) Business for Social Responsibility defines corporate social responsibility as “achieving commercial success in ways that honor ethical values and respect people, communities, and the natural environment.” (Overview, 1) The issues that accompany a corporation’s focus of CSR vary by the type of business, the size, where it is located, and by sector. “CSR typically includes issues related to: business ethics, community investment, environment, governance, human rights, marketplace, and workplace” (Overview, 1) Even though CSR has grown to great lengths in the past years, it still faces many challenges. This paper will examine both the benefits of companies that are corporate citizens, as well as t